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Sevilla, España
Cuidar a un familiar dependiente es una actividad cada vez más necesaria debido al aumento de la esperanza de vida, pero a la vez más conflictiva y dependiente de las características legislativas y cambios sociales ocurridos en cada país, como la incorporación de la mujer al mercado laboral. Las cuidadoras familiares constituyen una población especialmente vulnerable cuya salud física y psicológica está en riesgo y que requiere de especial atención. Por ello, en este trabajo se analizan los estudios empíricos que en los últimos cinco años se han realizado en cuidadoras españolas. Se destacan las características de esta población, los instrumentos que se han empleado para estudiarlas y las conclusiones a las que en los diferentes estudios se han llegado
Because of the increasing life expectancy, caring for a dependent relative is a very necessary activity . It is also very conflictive and dependent of the legislative characteristics and the social changes in each country, such as the incorporation of women into the labor market. Family caregivers are a particularly vulnerable population, whose physical and psychological health is at risk and requires special attention. Therefore, the aim of this review is to analyze some empirical stud ies of the last five years that have been conducted with Spanish caregivers to evaluate the impact of caregiving.
A bibliographic research of the empirical studies written in Spanish and with Spanish samples has been done in three databases internationally recognized.
The main results were that caregivers are usually women, and research has mostly used questionnaires to assess the burden consequence of caregiving, personality and psychopathological symptoms. The main conclusion is the description of the pro file of the Spanish caregiver as well as her special vulnerability situation .
