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Introdução: Face ao crescente envelhecimento da população portuguesa, os cuidados
prestados aos adultos mais velhos estão a ser cada vez mais da responsabilidade dos
seus filhos. Tais cuidados são denominados na literatura como cuidados informais, onde
o seu papel se encontra intrinsecamente ligado à ansiedade sentida face à prestação de
cuidados ao adulto mais velho. Denominada de ansiedade filial e aliada à vinculação,
esta condiciona o papel do cuidador, refletindo-se, por sua vez, na sobrecarga subjetiva
sentida pelo cuidador informal.
Metodologia: O presente estudo teve como objetivo compreender as relações entre a
ansiedade filial, a qualidade da vinculação entre filhos e pais e a sobrecarga subjetiva
dos filhos que na meia-idade se tornam cuidadores informais. Participaram no estudo
137 filhos adultos na meia-idade, de nacionalidade portuguesa, que preencheram a
Escala de Ansiedade, o Questionário de Avaliação da Sobrecarga do Cuidador Informal
e a Escala de Experiências nas Relações Próximas – Estruturas Relacionais.
Resultados: A ansiedade filial encontra-se superior no sexo feminino e naqueles
cuidadores que residem na mesma área geográfica que o adulto mais velho. Da mesma
forma, também se encontra relacionada com a vinculação, cujas pontuações se mostram
mais elevadas na vinculação insegura. Também foi encontrada uma relação
estatisticamente significativa entre a ansiedade filial e a sobrecarga subjetiva.
Conclusões: A qualidade das relações/vinculação e a sobrecarga subjetiva destacaramse ao longo do estudo como fatores importantes na ansiedade filial. Compreende-se
assim, a necessidade de um trabalho junto desta população, no sentido de reduzir os
impactos provocados pela sobrecarga, através na aprendizagem e disponibilização de
estratégias, bem como da implementação de políticas de apoio ao cuidador.
Introduction: Given the growing aging of the portuguese population, the care provided to older adults is increasingly being their children's responsibility. Such care is called in the literature as informal care, where its role is intrinsically linked to the anxiety felt in relation to providing care to the older adult. Called filial anxiety and allied to attachment, it conditions the caregiver's role, reflecting, in turn, in the subjective overload felt by the informal caregiver. VI Methodology: The present study aimed to understand the relationships between filial anxiety, the quality of bonding between children and parents, and the subjective burden of children who become informal caregivers in middle age. A total of 137 middle-aged adult children of Portuguese nationality participated in the study, who completed the Anxiety Scale, the Informal Caregiver Burden Assessment Questionnaire and the Scale of Experiences in Close Relationships - Relational Structures. Results: Filial anxiety is higher in females and in those caregivers who live in the same geographic area as the older adult. Likewise, it is also related to attachment, whose scores are shown to be higher in insecure attachment. A statistically significant relationship was also found between filial anxiety and subjective burden. Conclusions: The quality of relationships/attachment and subjective burden stood out throughout the study as important factors in filial anxiety. Thus, it is understood the need to work with this population, in order to reduce the impacts caused by the overload, through the learning and availability of strategies, as well as the implementation of policies to support the caregiver.
Introduction: Given the growing aging of the portuguese population, the care provided to older adults is increasingly being their children's responsibility. Such care is called in the literature as informal care, where its role is intrinsically linked to the anxiety felt in relation to providing care to the older adult. Called filial anxiety and allied to attachment, it conditions the caregiver's role, reflecting, in turn, in the subjective overload felt by the informal caregiver. VI Methodology: The present study aimed to understand the relationships between filial anxiety, the quality of bonding between children and parents, and the subjective burden of children who become informal caregivers in middle age. A total of 137 middle-aged adult children of Portuguese nationality participated in the study, who completed the Anxiety Scale, the Informal Caregiver Burden Assessment Questionnaire and the Scale of Experiences in Close Relationships - Relational Structures. Results: Filial anxiety is higher in females and in those caregivers who live in the same geographic area as the older adult. Likewise, it is also related to attachment, whose scores are shown to be higher in insecure attachment. A statistically significant relationship was also found between filial anxiety and subjective burden. Conclusions: The quality of relationships/attachment and subjective burden stood out throughout the study as important factors in filial anxiety. Thus, it is understood the need to work with this population, in order to reduce the impacts caused by the overload, through the learning and availability of strategies, as well as the implementation of policies to support the caregiver.
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Ansiedade filial Cuidados filiais Vinculação Meia-idade Sobrecarga subjetiva Filial anxiety Filial care Attachment Middle-age Subjective overload