Cuidando do Paciente com Alzheimer: o impacto da doença no cuidador Caring For The Alzheimer's Patient: the impact of the illness on the caregiver

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the subjective impact ofAlzheimer’s Disease (AD) on the lives of the primaryfamily caregivers of patients suffering from saiddisease. Method: A cross analysis has been carried outamong 29 caregivers of patients assisted. The usedtools were the CBS , and a questionnaire to carry on asocial survey on the caregivers and a formulary toperform an analysis on profile of the patient. Simpledescriptive statistics, Pearson’s Correlation Coeffi-cient (r), T Test for independent samples and ANOVAwere performed, followed by the Bonferroni method,a d” 0.05. Results: Most of caregivers were women(89.7%) average age 58, 55.2% elderly’s children, 27.6%couples, most of them havin g studied for over 8 years(55.2%), and 86.2% living with the elderly. The globalaverage impact score on the subjective impactcalculated by the CBS was 2.18. The total score averageof the CBS is higher in caregivers of bed-restrictedpatients (p=0.020). Caregivers with a lower educa-tional level had a higher total score in the