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A influência do stress na alimentação do cuidador informal de pessoas dependentes de substâncias
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O stress é, um tema que praticamente todas as pessoas já ouviram falar por algum motivo, seja na comunicação social, seja num diálogo com amigos ou familiares ou mesmo noutro lugar. Vários autores descrevem o stress como sendo a resposta do organismo a um factor externo.
Face a este tema, o aluno decidiu investigar um pouco o mesmo, mais especificamente, procurando relacionar o stress e a sua possível influência na alimentação diária de alguns cuidadores informais de pessoas dependentes de substâncias. Para este tema, o aluno utilizou como ponto de partida uma questão de investigação: “Qual a influência do stress na alimentação dos cuidadores informais de pessoas dependentes de substâncias?”.
O aluno para este estudo de investigação utilizou uma metodologia exploratória-descritiva. Para a elaboração da base de dados do estudo, foi realizado um questionário a 20 cuidadores informais de doentes dependentes de substâncias da região do grande Porto, sendo que o estudo iniciou-se em Fevereiro e durou até Junho de 2015.
Os principais factores que causam stress nos cuidadores são o tempo que estes dispensam a cuidar das pessoas que têm a seu cargo e também a própria situação económica dos cuidadores. De acordo com o estudo, estes são os dois factores que mais foram referenciados pelos cuidadores como causadores de stress no dia-a-dia.
Estes são os factores causadores de stress que podem influenciar a alimentação dos cuidadores que consideram não ter uma alimentação equilibrada ou que realizam 3 ou menos refeições diárias, uma vez que os cuidadores que referem fazer 3 ou menos refeições dão como principais motivos a falta de apetite e a falta de tempo para realizar as refeições, o que leva a pensar que o stress causado por estes motivos leva alguns dos cuidadores em questão a perder algum apetite e outros a não ter tempo para realizar um maior número de refeições diárias.
Stress is, a topic which practically everybody has heard of in one way or another, be it in the social media, be it in a dialogue with friends or family members or even somewhere else. Several authors describe stress as being the body’s answer external factors. Addressing this subject, the student opted to investigate it, more specifically, attempting to establish stress and the possible influence it has on daily eating habits of some informal caretakers of substance dependent people. For that subject, the student used as a starting point a question: “How does stress alter the daily eating habits of informal caretakers of substance dependent people?”. The student for this research study used a exploratory-descriptive methodology. For the elaboration of the study database, a questionnaire as performed on 20 informal caretakers of substance dependent people in the region of Porto, starting on February and ending on June 2015. The main factors that cause stress on caretakers are the time they have to set aside to taking watching over the people at their care e also their own economic situation. According to the study, these are the two factors that are most referenced by the caretakers as the cause of everyday stress. These are the stress inducing factors which may alter the eating habits of the caretakers who say they don’t have a balanced diet or that they only have 3 or less meals per day. The caretakers that reference doing 3 or less meals per day cite as the main reason the lack of appetite or the lack of time to have the meals, which leads to think that stress caused by these reasons leads to the lost of some appetite by some caretakers and not enough time to have a higher number of meals to others.
Stress is, a topic which practically everybody has heard of in one way or another, be it in the social media, be it in a dialogue with friends or family members or even somewhere else. Several authors describe stress as being the body’s answer external factors. Addressing this subject, the student opted to investigate it, more specifically, attempting to establish stress and the possible influence it has on daily eating habits of some informal caretakers of substance dependent people. For that subject, the student used as a starting point a question: “How does stress alter the daily eating habits of informal caretakers of substance dependent people?”. The student for this research study used a exploratory-descriptive methodology. For the elaboration of the study database, a questionnaire as performed on 20 informal caretakers of substance dependent people in the region of Porto, starting on February and ending on June 2015. The main factors that cause stress on caretakers are the time they have to set aside to taking watching over the people at their care e also their own economic situation. According to the study, these are the two factors that are most referenced by the caretakers as the cause of everyday stress. These are the stress inducing factors which may alter the eating habits of the caretakers who say they don’t have a balanced diet or that they only have 3 or less meals per day. The caretakers that reference doing 3 or less meals per day cite as the main reason the lack of appetite or the lack of time to have the meals, which leads to think that stress caused by these reasons leads to the lost of some appetite by some caretakers and not enough time to have a higher number of meals to others.
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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa para obtenção do grau de Licenciado em Enfermagem
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Stress Cuidador informal Alimentação Informal caretaker Food