Relação entre sobrecarga e qualidade de vida de cuidadores informais de idosos: um estudo transversal em atendimento ambulatorial

With aging, the older person may present a compromise in performing their daily life activities, thus demanding the need for a caregiver to help them with the activities taking care of the well-being, health, nutrition, personal hygiene, education, culture, recreation, and leisure of the assisted person(1). Given the inconsistency identified in the literature and the scarcity of studies in outpatient settings, it seems important and pertinent to study the existing relationship between burden and quality of life of caregivers of older adults, especially in the context of developing countries like Brazil, where access to resources may be limited. It is worth noting that care in these conditions can be impaired in the face of high levels of burden(3) and the low perception of quality of life.Faced with this scenario, the study aimed to analyze the relationship between burden and quality of life of informal caregivers of older individuals cared for in a medium complexity outpatient clinic