COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CAREGIVER BURDEN IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING AUTOMATED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (APD) VS. CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CAPD)

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1595332528105

• Palavras-chave: Comparative Study, Caregiver Burden, Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis, Automated Peritoneal Dialysis.

• Keywords: Comparative Study, Caregiver Burden, Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis, Automated Peritoneal Dialysis.

• Abstract:

  Chronic kidney disease causes a degree of disability in those who suffer from it, which is why most of their care is provided by a primary caregiver. Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) often become more fragile and functionally dependent. They require greater physical support from their families, which can lead to a degree of caregiver burden (1). Objective: To compare the caregiver burden of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing renal replacement therapy with PDCA and DPA. Materials and methods: This research work is an analytical, comparative, cross-sectional, prospective study with random selection and systematically assigned controls. Results: A study was conducted on 120 caregivers, 62 of whom were caregivers of patients on CAPD and 58 of whom were caregivers of patients on APD. According to the Zarit questionnaire, the following results were found for caregivers: 12.9% for CAPD and 13.8% for APD experienced intense overload, 22.6% for CAPD and 10.3% for APD experienced mild overload, and 75.9% for CAPD and 65.4% for APD experienced no overload. Conclusions: The overload in caregivers of peritoneal dialysis patients is higher in CAPD patients (35.5%) compared to APD patients (24.1%), which is directly related to the number of hours spent on both modalities, showing that women are more likely to act as caregivers, predominantly in their thirties, and in terms of kinship, with 48% of wives providing care for these patients.