Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Kamilla Sthefany Andrade de; LUCENA, Marianna Carla Maia Dantas de  and  ALCHIERI, João Carlos. Stress in caregivers of Alzheimer´s disease: a literature review. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp. 47-64. ISSN 1808-4281.

Check publications related to the topic of stress in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's, from an analysis of publications from 2006 to April 2013, being the latest in terms of publication in the area. Method: A systematic review by searching the following databases Scielo, Bireme, PubMed with the descriptor: "Stress in caregivers of Alzheimer's;" written in English and Portuguese. Results: 32 articles were found and were within the inclusion criteria and were assessed based on a thematic analysis on issues of practical activity, physical and pathological aspects of alternative interventions. 9 of the 32 articles referred to the practice of care, 13 dealt about the physical-psychopathological, and 9 on interventions. Conclusion: the stress on caregivers is a point that expands into many other problems that trigger impairments in quality of life, from the standpoint of physical, mental, psychological and emotional.

Keywords : physiological stress; caregivers; Alzheimer disease.

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