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Longitudinal changes on the quality of life in caregivers of type 2 diabetes amputee patients
Author(s) -
Costa Maria Suely Alves,
Machado José C.,
Pereira M. Graça
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/scs.12806
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , type 2 diabetes , medicine , diabetes mellitus , psychology , longitudinal study , nursing , endocrinology , pathology
Purpose To explore changes in the quality of life of caregivers of amputees due to type 2 diabetes ten months after amputation. Methods This is a longitudinal study with three moments of evaluation (T1: one month after surgery, T2: 7 months, T3: 10 months). The sample comprised 110, 101, and 84 caregivers of amputated patients with type 2 diabetes. Caregivers answered a Socio‐demographic questionnaire; the Self‐Assessment Caregiver; the Family Disruption from Illness Scale; and the Short Form Health Survey (SF36). Results Stress levels were not significantly reflected in changes on mental quality of life over time, except in the caregivers who presented less stress, emphasizing the adverse role of stress when experienced on a continuous basis for ten months on the caregivers' mental well‐being. Caregivers presented greater number of physical symptoms at T2 that decreased at T3. Conclusions According to the results, in order to promote caregivers’ physical and mental quality of life, it would be important to evaluate stress levels especially in patients who presented somatic complaints.