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    Ambulatório De Idosos Cuidadores De Idosos: A Percepção Dos Pacientes Sobre Um Serviço Especializado
    (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2017-11-30) Fiuza, Alessandra Rodrigues [UNIFESP]; Lemos, Naira De Fatima Dutra [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Objectives: To evaluate the impact of specialized care on caregivers, patients' satisfaction with the care provided at the ambultaory and their perception of health and quality of life, using an instrument constructed by the researcher according to Donabedian's (1978) evaluation criteria. Methods: The study was descriptive and the data were submitted to statistical analysis using R Core Team software (2016). To carry out the study, a questionnaire composed of: identification data (sex, age, follow-up time, kinship with patient care) and eight closed questions of multiple choices were divided into 2 thematic axes (quality of life and health - Q1 to Q4 and The study was carried out with a sample of convenience patients, selected from the caregiver outpatient clinic of the Discipline of Geriatrics and Gerontology of UNIFESP, in which all patients who met the inclusion criteria were invited to participate. A total of 48 interviewees, the majority of whom are women (85.42%) and children of the care patients (62.5%), mean age is 68 years, with a minimum age of 56 and a maximum of 91 years. average follow-up in the outpatient clinic is 3.5 years, with a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 10 years. Regarding health and quality of life, most caregivers indicated that the outpatient life as a caregiver, as well as their quality of life, their health and the treatment for their health. In the proportion test, p was statistically significant (p <0.001) for questions Q1 to Q4 when grouped into the "best" or "at most unchanged" categories. Regarding questions Q5 to Q8, related to the service provided at the outpatient clinic, most considered the variables very satisfied or satisfied for all issues presented. Conclusion: The results showed that the intervention proposed in the ambulatory care, with care focused on the caregiver, with professionals specialized in geriatrics and gerontology, had a positive impact on caregivers and was very well evaluated by them. In this way, the disclosure of these data can stimulate the expansion of this type of service for other services.