Impacto de un programa educativo en la autopercepción en salud, funcionalidad familiar y carga de cuidado en tres grupos culturalmente diversos / Impact of an educational program on self-perceived health, family functioning and caregiving burden in three culturally diverse groups / Impacto de um programa educativo na auto-perceção da saúde, no funcionamento familiar e na carga de cuidados em três grupos culturalmente diversos

RESUMEN

Objetivo: Describir el impacto de un programa educativo con perspectiva cultural, para cuidadores familiares de adulto mayor con dependencia funcional en tres grupos culturalmente diversos, en la auto percepción en salud, la funcionalidad familiar y su relación con la carga de cuidado. Materiales y método: estudio cuantitativo de intervención, con pre y post, de un programa educativo para cuidadores familiares de adultos mayores dependientes. Participaron 88 cuidadores de tres grupos culturales habitantes del área urbana de Bogotá [30], Campesinos-Cáqueza [26] y afrocolombianos-Guapi [32]. La información fue recolectada con las escalas Autopercepción de Salud, Apgar familiar y Zarit, que mide la carga del cuidado. Se realizó análisis descriptivo y prueba no paramétrica de rango signo de Wilcoxon en cada grupo y correlación de Spearman.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To describe the impact of an educational program with a cultural perspective, for family caregivers of functionally dependent older adults in three culturally diverse groups, on health self-perception, family functionality and its relationship with caregiving burden. Method: quantitative intervention study, with pre and post, of an educational program for family caregivers of dependent older adults. Eighty-eight caregivers from three cultural groups participated inhabitants of the urban area of Bogotá [30], Campesinos-Cáqueza [26] and Afro-Colombians-Guapi [32]. The information was collected with the scales Self-perception of Health, family Apgar and Zarit, which measures the burden of caregiving. Descriptive analysis and nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test were performed in each group and Spearman correlation.

RESUMO

Objective: To describe the impact of an educational program with a cultural perspective, for family caregivers of functionally dependent older adults in three culturally diverse groups, on health self-perception, family functionality and its relationship with caregiving burden. Method: quantitative intervention study, with pre and post, of an educational program for family caregivers of dependent older adults. Eighty-eight caregivers from three cultural groups participated inhabitants of the urban area of Bogotá [30], Campesinos-Cáqueza [26] and Afro-Colombians-Guapi [32]. The information was collected with the scales Self-perception of Health, family Apgar and Zarit, which measures the burden of caregiving. Descriptive analysis and nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test were performed in each group and Spearman correlation.