The socio-economic transformation brings great challenges to Private Institutions of Social Solidarity, particularly to the Social Centres and their formal caregivers. Training can be essential to the well-being of caregivers. So, it is important to understand the relation between training and the levels of stress, anxiety and depression (SAD) in formal caregivers who deal with the elderly, chronically ill and children (Barbosa, Cruz, Figueiredo Marques and Sousa, 2011; Lopes, 2005; Sousa, 2011; Vincent & Oliveira, 2011). From an observational cross-sectional quantitative study, in which 110 formal caregivers from three Social Centres in the district of Braga attended, almost a third of the sample showed psychopathological symptoms. The training does not seem to influence the levels of stress, anxiety and depression for most caregivers. The variation of these levels seems to be explained best by the multifunctionality of formal caregivers.
Date of Award | 2015 |
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Original language | Portuguese |
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Awarding Institution | - Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Supervisor | Rui Alexandre Devesa Ramos (Supervisor) |
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- Formal caregivers
- Training
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde
A relação entre a formação e os níveis de stress, ansiedade e depressão em cuidadores formais de centros sociais
Pereira, R. J. G. (Student). 2015
Student thesis: Master's Thesis