A relação entre a formação e os níveis de stress, ansiedade e depressão em cuidadores formais de centros sociais

  • Ricardo José Gonçalves Pereira (Student)

Student thesis: Master's Thesis

Abstract

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 Award2015
Original languagePortuguese
Awarding Institution
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa
SupervisorRui Alexandre Devesa Ramos (Supervisor)

Keywords

  • Formal caregivers
  • Training
  • Anxiety
  • Depression

Designation

  • Mestrado em Psicologia Clínica e da Saúde

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