title: Association between social support and quality of life of relative caregivers of elderly dependents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to ascertain the association between the social support and the quality of life of relative caregivers of elderly dependents at home.
  
  
  METHODS
  a cross-sectional study conducted with 58 relative caregivers of elderly dependents, registered in the Family Health Strategy. Data were collected from the Katz instrument, sociodemographic, Zarit Burden Interview, WHOQOL-bref, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the majority of caregivers were women, who took care full-time and presented moderate to severe burden. Most caregivers are satisfied with their social relationships and the social support received. It is found that the burden and the time of care correlated with the social relationships domain, which is associated with social support, and consequently, reduced quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  social support for caregivers is important to prevent health implications, burden, biopsychosocial stress, and provide favorable conditions for quality of life, by allowing greater freedom to develop their daily activities.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil, karla.ferraz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Karla Ferraz Dos
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Anjos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde, Faculdade de Enfermagem de Jequié, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rita Narriman Silva de Oliveira
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Boery
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde, Faculdade de Enfermagem de Jequié, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil, karla.ferraz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Larissa Chaves
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Pedreira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Saúde, Faculdade de Enfermagem de Jequié, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Brasil.
authors.forename: Alba Benemérita Alves
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Vilela
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vanessa Cruz
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil, karla.ferraz@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Darci de Oliveira Santa
authors.initials: Dde O
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult