[Prevalence of caregiver burden, associated factors, and their relationship with family function, in caregivers of patients within the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Process in the University Clinic of Sabana (Colombia)]

Abstract

The most significant physical and mental change that a person after having suffered a neurological injury is the decrease or loss of their dependence on the activities of daily life, which immediately introduces an under-recognized member of the healthcare team, the caregiver, who is that person in charge of the basic and psychosocial needs of the patient on a continuous and permanent basis, influencing and determining behaviors in the patient and his family nucleus1. In the United States of America, it is estimated that there are currently 36 million people who They have some degree of disability, which corresponds 14.5% of the general population

El cambio físico y mental más significativo que presenta una persona tras haber sufrido una lesión neurológica es la disminución o perdida de su dependencia en las actividades de la vida diaria, lo que inmediatamente introduce a un miembro del equipo de salud poco reconocido, el cuidador, que es aquella persona encargada de las necesidades básicas y psicosociales del paciente de manera continua y permanente, influenciando y determinando conductas en el paciente y su núcleo familiar1. En Estados Unidos de Norteamérica se calcula que actualmente existen 36 millones de personas que cursan con algún grado de discapacidad, lo que corresponde al 14,5% de la población general