Cogitare Enfermagem (Sep 2012)

OVERLOADING IN MATERNAL CARE FOR THE CHILD WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION

  • Daniele Castro Barbosa,
  • Francisca Georgina Macedo de Sousa,
  • Andréa Cristina Oliveira Silva,
  • Ítalo Rdolfo Silva,
  • Thiago Privado da Silva,
  • Mirian Chaves Miranda Paiva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v17i3.25830
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 3
pp. 492 – 497

Abstract

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This investigation aimed to classify the overload of maternal care and verify the relationship between this overload and the child’s chronic condition. It is an exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional study based in a quantitative approach. The data was collected between August and October 2010 using the Burden Interview – a scale for overload in informal carers – and was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results indicate a predominance of moderate level of overload (86.7%) resulting from care for the child. The relationship between being overburdened by care tasks and the chronic condition showed greater overburdening in mothers of children with neuropathies. The knowledge developed here can support the nurse in planning actions and for acting based in the subjectivity of the care, allowing greater sensitivity in dealing with the mother providing the care, and the capacity to see her as a receiver of care.

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