Depression and anxiety in primary caregivers at Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño

• Autor: Aranda-Paniora, Franklin
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/13758
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/13758
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Depresión; Ansiedad; cuidador; cuidador primario.; Depression; Anxiety; Primary Caregivers.

Objective: Depression and anxiety in primary caregivers of pediatric inpatients. Design: Clinical, cross-sectional, descriptive study. Location: Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru. Participants: Primary caregivers of pediatric inpatients. Interventions: Goldberg test for depression, anxiety and comorbidity was applied to 240 primary caregivers of pediatric inpatients in 2014-2016. Results: 87.5% of primary caregivers presented some type of disorder: comorbidity 57%, anxiety 13.5%, and depression 17%; 12.5% did not present any disorder. Conclusions: The frequency of anxiety and depression in primary caregivers of pediatric patients is greater than in the general population.