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. 2021 Jan;26(1):329-337.
doi: 10.1590/1413-81232020261.17332018. Epub 2019 Apr 17.

[Use of psychotropic drugs and its association with overburden on family caregivers of psychosocial care center users]

[Article in Portuguese]
Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Treichel  1 , Vanda Maria da Rosa Jardim  2 , Luciane Prado Kantorski  2 , Laine Bertinetti Aldrighi  2 , Ruana Rigo  3 , Marta Solange Streicher Janelli da Silva  2
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[Use of psychotropic drugs and its association with overburden on family caregivers of psychosocial care center users]

[Article in Portuguese]
Carlos Alberto Dos Santos Treichel et al. Cien Saude Colet. 2021 Jan.
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Abstract
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The scope of this study was to investigate the prevalence of psychotropic drug use and its association with the overburden felt by family caregivers of Psychosocial Care Center users. This is a cross-sectional study performed with 537 family caregivers in the 21st Health Region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The prevalence of psychotropic drug use was calculated with a 95% confidence interval (95%CI) and the heterogeneity tests were performed between the strata of each independent variable. The association between psychotropic drug use and overburden was tested using Poisson regression with the calculation of the adjusted prevalence ratios. The prevalence of psychotropic drug use was 30%, with higher consumption among women (40%), individuals aged 41 -50 years (42.06%), with 5 to 8 years of schooling (37.57%), with income between 0.5 and 1 minimum wage per capita (34.43%), individuals who did not share caregiving duties (35.53%) and those who cared for patients with a major degree of independence (36.67%). The overburden felt was in direct relationship with the outcome, namely the higher the level of overburden the greater the prevalence of psychotropic drug use, reaching 60.1% at the highest level and remaining strongly associated with the outcome even in the adjusted analysis.

O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar a prevalência de uso de psicotrópicos e sua associação com o sentimento de sobrecarga entre familiares cuidadores de usuários de Centros de Atenção Psicossocial. Trata-se de um estudo transversal, conduzido com 537 familiares da 21ª Região de Saúde do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. A prevalência de uso de psicotrópicos foi calculada com estimativa do intervalo de confiança (IC95%) e foram conduzidos testes de heterogeneidade entre os estratos de cada variável independente. Associação entre o desfecho e o sentimento de sobrecarga foi testada por meio de regressão de Poisson com o cálculo das razões de prevalência ajustadas. A prevalência do uso de psicotrópicos foi de 30%, havendo maior consumo entre mulheres (40%), indivíduos entre 41 e 50 anos (42,06%), com escolaridade entre 5 a 8 anos de estudo (37,57%), renda entre 0,5 a 1 salário mínimo per capita (34,43%), indivíduos que não compartilhava as ações do cuidado (35,53%) e indivíduos que assistiam pacientes com maior grau de independência (36,67%). Sentimento de sobrecarga apresentou relação dose resposta com o desfecho no sentido de que quanto maior o grau de sobrecarga, maior a prevalência do uso de psicotrópicos, chegando a 60,1% no estrato mais elevado e permanecendo fortemente associada ao desfecho mesmo na análise ajustada.

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