PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ana Jaureguizar Oriol
AU  - Maria Alejandra Galarza Jiménez
AU  - Sagrario Mayoralas Alises
AU  - Salvador Díaz Lobato
AU  - Rosa Gómez García
TI  - The importance of the caregivers' overload in COPD patients with several admission at our hospital. The other side of the story
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA3935
DP  - 2016 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - PA3935
VI  - 48
IP  - suppl 60
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/48/suppl_60/PA3935.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/48/suppl_60/PA3935.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2016 Sep 01; 48
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Attention is focused on Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)patients, leaving behind the caregiver's overload.OBJECTIVES: To analyze the overload degree in the caregivers and demographic characteristics.MATHERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective descriptive analysis. From 43 COPD patients with 3 or more admissions at our hospital from October 2014 to October 2015, we included 20 patients alive. Information gathered: age, sex, educational studies, knowledge of the disease and paliative care, sympton more limitant,economic help, Bathel and Zarit questionnaire.RESULTS: From all 20 patients, only 14 had caregiver(70%), the rest lived alone, in a residence or had domiciliary care.Principal caregivers: 11 were women, average age 69,3 years old, 9(64%) had no studies. Zarit questionnaire showed moderate or intensive overload in 11 cases. Nobody had economic help.Patients: 18 were men(90%) with average age 77,2 years old, 14(77%) had no studies or only primary studies. Barthel questionnaire revealed in 50% of the patients severe or total dependence. Most of them, showed anxiety due to dyspnea (symptom more incapacitate).Half of the caregivers and a 70% of patients had no knowledge about the disease nor palliative care and all of them wanted more information. Patient (n= 20)Caregiver (n = 14)Age SD (years old)77,2 (SD 9)69,3 (SD 13,2)Men (%)18 (90%)3 (21%)Without studies14 (70%)9 (64%)TABLE 1. Patients and caregivers descriptive characteristicsCONCLUSIONS: COPD patients with readmissions to hospital in 1 year are men, and their principal caregiver's women.The lack of information from patients and caregivers about the disease is very marked.