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“Perception of self-e"cacy of family caregivers a#er the dependent homecoming: A longitudinal study” BACKGROUND: In the context of potentially stressful life transitions as in the transition to the exercise of the caregiver role, the self-e"cacy beliefs, being an individual psychological construct, can serve as a personal facilitator resource or a factor of vulnerability. AIM: Understand the evolution of the perception of self-e"cacy of family caregivers (FC) a#er the dependent homecoming. METHODS: A descriptive, exploratory, quantitative study with a longitudinal pro!le. Convenience sample of 117, 115 e 123 FC evaluated, respectively, at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd month a#er discharge of dependents hospitalized in six hospitals in the northern region of Portugal. $e form “Families that integrate self-care dependents” was applied between August 2010 and March 2011. Statistical analysis of data was performed using the SPSS so#ware, version 18.0. RESULTS: $ere was a positive evolution in the self-e"cacy perception of FC over the tree months a#er the dependent homecoming. $e self-care domains where family caregivers showed higher self-e"cacy perceptions were “walking”, “dressing/undressing”, “eating “ and “ bathing”. Relatively to the domains of “caring processes”, the family caregivers showed greater self-e"cacy perception to “act”, “monitor” and “provide care”. CONCLUSIONS: From this study emerges the need to de!ne nursing intervention models more e%ective with families, translated by greater professionalization of nursing care through a more systematic accompanying over time and in good time.

Perceção de autoeficácia do familiar cuidador após o regresso a casa do dependente: Estudo longitudinal