Abstract
 Objective
The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of family caregiver's beliefs of health status of neurological patients and its relation with the feeling of burden, as psychosocial factors of risk for their well-being, from the psychological stress model proposed by Lazarus and Folkman.
Psychosocial vulnerability of family caregiver. Belief’s on health status of neurological patient and feeling of burden
 
  Keywords
 
 
  
   Neurological patients
  
 
 
  
   Family caregiver
  
 
 
  
   Stress
  
 
 
  
   Beliefs
  
 
 
  
   Burden
  
 
Abstract
 Objective
The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of family caregiver's beliefs of health status of neurological patients and its relation with the feeling of burden, as psychosocial factors of risk for their well-being, from the psychological stress model proposed by Lazarus and Folkman.
Subjects and methods
128 family caregivers were interviewed (35 were attending patients with traumatic brain injury, 38 to patients with multiple sclerosis and 55 patients with <dis>dementia</dis>), selected with not random statistical sampling strategy, of accidental type.
Cross-sectional comparative descriptive design was applied.
A caregiver socio demographic questionnaire, that includes a question about the beliefs of the patients’ health, and the Caregiver Burden Scale of Zarit and Zarit were used.
Results
The more negative caregiver's beliefs are, the more intense are their feeling of burden.
Multiple sclerosis's caregivers, who evaluate their own health as poor, when compared with other caregivers; are the ones who experience more intense feelings of burden.
They will be most likely vulnerable to stress.
Discussion
It is important to clarify the role that psychosocial risk factors of the familiar caregiver of neurological patients because it will generate strategies of psychoeducational interventions, parallel to the clinic ones, in order to preserve their security and well-being.
And in this way promote a good network of informal care to these patients.
Abstract
 Objective
The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of family caregiver's beliefs of health status of neurological patients and its relation with the feeling of burden, as psychosocial factors of risk for their well-being, from the psychological stress model proposed by Lazarus and Folkman.
Subjects and methods
128 family caregivers were interviewed (35 were attending patients with traumatic brain injury, 38 to patients with multiple sclerosis and 55 patients with dementia), selected with not random statistical sampling strategy, of accidental type.
Cross-sectional comparative descriptive design was applied.
A caregiver socio demographic questionnaire, that includes a question about the beliefs of the patients’ health, and the Caregiver Burden Scale of Zarit and Zarit were used.
Results
The more negative caregiver's beliefs are, the more intense are their feeling of burden.
Multiple sclerosis's caregivers, who evaluate their own health as poor, when compared with other caregivers; are the ones who experience more intense feelings of burden.
They will be most likely vulnerable to stress.
Discussion
It is important to clarify the role that psychosocial risk factors of the familiar caregiver of neurological patients because it will generate strategies of psychoeducational interventions, parallel to the clinic ones, in order to preserve their security and well-being.
And in this way promote a good network of informal care to these patients.
Abstract
 Objective
The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of family caregiver's beliefs of health status of neurological patients and its relation with the feeling of burden, as psychosocial factors of risk for their well-being, from the psychological stress model proposed by Lazarus and Folkman.