Análise da sobrecarga e qualidade de vida de pais de crianças com microcefalia associada ao zika vírus

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the overload and quality of life of parents of children with microcephaly associated with Zika Virus. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 30 parents of children with Zeca virus-associated microcephaly. For data collection, the WHOQOL-bref and Zarit Burden Interciew Scale were used to analyze the quality of life and the overload of parents, respectively. For the analysis, we used the descriptive statistics and analysis of variance, whose significance level to be considered will be 5% (p≤0.05). Results: 30 mothers aged 28.63 ± 8.00, predominantly single mothers (74.0%), with a high school education level (46.7%) and no paid work activities outside the home participated. The majority have a monthly family income per capita that is predominant of up to a minimum wage and a half (76.6%). The mothers' quality of life was altered in all domains, but there was a lower satisfaction rate for physical domains (59.76%) and the environment (47.81%). Regarding the level of maternal overload, it was observed that 77.0% of the sample showed an overload level, and the predominance was moderate for most of them (54.0%). Conclusion: the results point to the trend of overload and deficit of the quality of life of mothers of children with microcephaly. Which reinforces the importance of health care in this public so that programs can be planned for the prevention of morbidities.