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Stress ocupacional e coping em cuidadores formais (ajudantes de ação direta) de idosos (in)dependentes institucionalizados
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Introdução: Portugal apresenta uma população cada vez mais envelhecida, com uma necessidade cada vez maior de institucionalização dos idosos. Neste contexto, os cuidadores formais, enquanto profissionais que garantem a segurança, saúde e bem-estar dos idosos devem ser alvo de atenção. Na contemporaneidade, verifica-se ser de extrema importância, ao nível laboral, o uso de estratégias de coping adaptativas que permitam a regulação do stress e que promovam a melhoria da qualidade de vida dos profissionais cuidadores de idosos institucionalizados. Método: Neste estudo Exploratório, o objetivo é averiguar a relação entre o stress e as estratégias de coping com variáveis sociodemográficas dos cuidadores formais que trabalham com idosos (in)dependentes institucionalizados e com o grau de (in)dependência do idoso. Para a concretização dos objetivos de investigação selecionou-se uma amostra por conveniência, de 97 profissionais ajudantes de acção direta de idosos (in)dependentes institucionalizados, que responderam aos seguintes instrumentos: questionário Sociodemográfico, Escala de avaliação de dependência (Índice de Barthel), Questionário de stress para profissionais de saúde (QSPS), Índice para avaliação das maneiras como o prestador de cuidados enfrenta as dificuldades (CAMI).
Resultados: Os resultados evidenciam que os cuidadores da amostra sofrem de bastante stress, contribuindo para este facto as questões relacionadas com a carreira e remuneração, em concordância, as estratégias de coping mais utilizadas pelos cuidadores são Lidar com sintomas de stress. Quanto às variáveis sociodemográficas pode-se concluir que de uma forma mais ou menos significativa se relacionam com o stress mas não com o coping. Relativamente ao grau de (in)dependência do idoso, verificou-se que este se relaciona com o coping e não com o stress, o grau de dependência do idoso não aumenta os níveis de stress do cuidador mas determina as estratégias de coping adotadas por este.
Introduction: Portugal presents an increasingly aging population, with an increasing need for institutionalization of the elderly. In this context, formal caregivers, as professionals who guarantee the safety, health and well-being of the elderly should be targets of studies. At the present time, the use of adaptive coping strategies that allow for the regulation of stress and that promote the improvement of the quality of life of the caregivers of the institutionalized elderly are extremely important. Method: In this exploratory study, the aim is to investigate the relationship between stress and coping strategies with sociodemographic variables of formal caregivers working with institutionalized elderly (in) dependent individuals and the degree of (in) dependence of the elderly. To achieve the research objectives, a sample was selected for convenience of 97 direct-acting assistants of institutionalized elderly (in) dependent patients, who answered the following instruments: Sociodemographic questionnaire, Dependency assessment scale (Barthel Index), Questionnaire Of stress for health professionals (QSPS), Index for assessing the ways in which the caregiver faces the difficulties (CAMI). Results: The results show that the caregivers of the sample suffer from a lot of stress, contributing to this fact the issues related to career and income and consequently the coping strategies most used by caregivers are to deal with stress symptoms. Regarding the sociodemographic variables, it can be concluded that in a more or less significant way they are related to stress, but not to coping. Regarding the degree of (in) dependence of the elderly, it has been verified that this is related to coping and not to stress, the degree of dependence of the elderly does not increase the levels of stress of the caregiver but determines the coping strategies adopted by the latter.
Introduction: Portugal presents an increasingly aging population, with an increasing need for institutionalization of the elderly. In this context, formal caregivers, as professionals who guarantee the safety, health and well-being of the elderly should be targets of studies. At the present time, the use of adaptive coping strategies that allow for the regulation of stress and that promote the improvement of the quality of life of the caregivers of the institutionalized elderly are extremely important. Method: In this exploratory study, the aim is to investigate the relationship between stress and coping strategies with sociodemographic variables of formal caregivers working with institutionalized elderly (in) dependent individuals and the degree of (in) dependence of the elderly. To achieve the research objectives, a sample was selected for convenience of 97 direct-acting assistants of institutionalized elderly (in) dependent patients, who answered the following instruments: Sociodemographic questionnaire, Dependency assessment scale (Barthel Index), Questionnaire Of stress for health professionals (QSPS), Index for assessing the ways in which the caregiver faces the difficulties (CAMI). Results: The results show that the caregivers of the sample suffer from a lot of stress, contributing to this fact the issues related to career and income and consequently the coping strategies most used by caregivers are to deal with stress symptoms. Regarding the sociodemographic variables, it can be concluded that in a more or less significant way they are related to stress, but not to coping. Regarding the degree of (in) dependence of the elderly, it has been verified that this is related to coping and not to stress, the degree of dependence of the elderly does not increase the levels of stress of the caregiver but determines the coping strategies adopted by the latter.
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Stress ocupacional Coping Ajudantes de acção direta Idosos dependentes Occupational stress Coping Direct action auxiliary Senior citizens dependents