title: [Quality of life in Latin American immigrant caregivers in Spain].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe perceived quality of life in Latin American caregivers working in Spain and how it varies in relation to certain variables shared by this group.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the SF-36 to measure perceived quality of life in 517 women residing in five Spanish regions: the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands, and Madrid. Several variables related to the socio-demographic profile and migration process were studied using Student's t test, ANOVA and linear regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participants scored very low on the dimensions of physical and emotional roles. The factors associated with lower quality of life scores within the group were working as a live-in caregiver, lack of contract, multitasking, irregular status, and younger age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The vulnerability of these women can be explained by poor working conditions and other factors related to the migratory process.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación Crítica en Salud (GICS), Departament d'Infermeria i Fisioteràpia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, España. Electronic address: andreu.bover@uib.es.
authors.forename: Andreu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bover
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Platja de Palma, Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Mallorca, Palma de Mallorca, España.
authors.forename: Joana Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Taltavull
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación Crítica en Salud (GICS), Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canadá
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gastaldo
authors.affiliation: Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería de la Cruz Roja, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luengo
authors.affiliation: Atención Primaria de Salud, Servicio Canario de la Salud, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España.
authors.forename: María Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
authors.affiliation: Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, and Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canadá
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Juando-Prats
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neurología, Hospital Txagorritxu, Álava, España.
authors.forename: Amaia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sáenz de Ormijana
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de Navalperal, Atención Primaria, Ávila, España.
authors.forename: Juana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robledo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D013030:Spain; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Calidad de vida; Caregivers; Cuidadores; Determinantes sociales de la salud; Immigrant; Inmigrantes; Mujeres; Quality of life; Social determinants of health; Trabajo; Women; Work