Relationship between caregivers’ perception of Traumatic brain injury symptoms and caregiver’s mental health

Authors

  • Carlos José de los Reyes Aragón Universidad del Norte
  • Laiene Olabarrieta Landa Departamento de Psicología y Educación, Universidad de Deusto, España
  • Alfonso Caracuel Romero Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva, Centro de Investigación Mente, Cerebro y Comportamiento, Universidad de Granada, España
  • Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, España
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.14.3.190071
Keywords: caregiver depression, caregiver burden, caregiver anxiety, caregiver self-esteem, traumatic brain, injury symptoms

Abstract

Objective: To determine the system of connections between mental health and symptoms perception of caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Participants: 50 caregivers of individuals with TBI completed the Satisfaction with Life Scale, PHQ-9 (depression), Zarit Burden Interview, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and a 22-question TBI symptoms perception inventory composed of four component areas: cognitive symptoms, neurobehavioral symptoms, physical symptoms and social symptoms.
Results: A canonical correlation analysis revealed that the higher the caregivers’ symptoms perception, the worse their mental health was, with the effect reaching a large-sized effect. Furthermore, a pattern emerged linking caregivers’ higher perception of neurobehavioral symptoms to higher caregivers’ burden, depression, and lower self-esteem.
Conclusions: These findings suggest the need for rehabilitation health professionals to develop and implement culturally-appropriate interventions to reduce neurobehavioral symptoms in people with TBI, interventions to improve self-steem, reduce depression symptoms, and burden in Colombian caregivers of individuals with TBI.

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Published
01-07-2015
How to Cite
[1]
de los Reyes Aragón, C.J. et al. 2015. Relationship between caregivers’ perception of Traumatic brain injury symptoms and caregiver’s mental health. Global Nursing. 14, 3 (Jul. 2015), 181–192. DOI:https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.14.3.190071.
Issue
Vol. 14 No. 3 (2015): #39 - Julio
Section
Docencia e Investigación

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