Coping and adaptation of family caregivers of patients undergoing cardio-invasive procedures

• Main Authors: Yiseth Rojas-Picón, Amparo Astrid Montalvo-Prieto, Adriano Agatón Díaz-Gómez
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Nariño 2018-05-01
• Series: Universidad y Salud
• Subjects: Adaptation; family caregivers; family; cardiovascular surgical procedures
• Online Access: http://revistas.udenar.edu.co/index.php/usalud/article/view/3541

Introduction: In the face of cardiovascular disease, choosing an invasive procedure as a treatment constitutes a stressful experience for the patient and his or her family for the risk of complications that increase his or her morbidity or mortality. Objective: To determine the coping and adaptation capacity of the primary family caregivers of patients undergoing intra invasive procedures. Materials and methods: A descriptive transversal study was made with 230 primary caregivers of patients undergoing the process. A sociodemographic survey and the scale of measurement of the process of coping and adaptation of caller Roy in Spanish abbreviated version were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The average age of caregivers was 40.8 years and 93.9% were male. According to the global Score (GS), from the total family principal caregivers, 47% (PG: 0-56) and 50% (PG: 57-70) presented low and medium capacity for coping and adaptation respectively. Conclusion: The main family caregivers presented a low and medium capacity for coping and adaptation, a condition that prevents them from