title: [Quality of life of caregivers for patients of cerebrovascular accidents: association of (socio-demographic) characteristics and burden].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigating the association between quality of life with socio-demographic characteristics and the burden of caregivers for individuals with cerebrovascular accident sequelae.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, cross-sectional study with a sample composed of 136 caregivers. For data collection, a semi-structured questionnaire, the Barthel, Burden Interview and Short-Form-36 scales were used. Correlation analysis, t-Student test and F-test were used for the analysis in order to compare averages.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant averages in quality of life were demonstrated in association with female caregivers and those over 60 years in the field 'functional capacity,' and in the domains of 'mental health' and 'vitality' for those with higher income. Regarding burden association, the highlighted areas were 'functional capacity,' 'physical aspects,' 'emotional aspects' and 'pain.'
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The creation of public policies and social support to effectively reduce the burden on caregivers is a necessity.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana Ferreira da
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Department of clinical Nursing and Post-Graduate program in Nursing, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kátia Nêyla de Freitas Macêdo
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria das Graças Melo
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kaisy Pereira
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silmery da Silva
authors.initials: Sda S
authors.lastname: Brito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D020521:Stroke