Preliminary Assessment of the Quality of Life and Daily Burden of Caregivers of Persons with Special Needs: A Questionnaire-Based, Cross-Sectional Survey.

Andréa Lanzillotti Cardoso Geraldo Oliveira Silva-JuniorLuciana Freitas BastosAna Luiza Medeiros CesarLeila Goes Serrano Arkadiusz Dziedzic Bruna Lavinas Sayed Picciani

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2023)

The reported average level of overload associated with QoL of informal caregivers exists, affecting a vast proportion of the respondents. The absence of a direct association between workload and the functional capacity/daily self-care tasks can be related to the significant personal dedication of family caregivers, regardless of their socioeconomic status.

Keyphrases

palliative care
physical activity
working memory
risk factors
patient reported