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Montero-Cuadrado, Federico
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Galán-Martín, Miguel Ángel
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Sánchez-Sánchez, Javier
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Lluch, Enrique
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Mayo-Iscar, Agustín
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Cuesta-Vargas, Ántonio
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[Montero-Cuadrado,F; Galán-Martín,MÁ] Unit for Active Coping Strategies for Pain in Primary Care, East-Valladolid Primary Care Management, Castilla and Leon Public Health System (Sacyl), Valladolid, Spain. [Sánchez-Sánchez,J] Department of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, University Pontificia of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. [Sánchez-Sánchez,J] Research Group “Planning and assessment of training and athletic performance”, Salamanca, Spain. [Lluch,E] Department of Physical Therapy, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. [Lluch,E] Pain in Motion “International Research Group”, Brussels, Belgium. [Lluch,E] Department of Human Physiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Vrije University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. [Mayo-Iscar,A] Department of Statistics and Operational Research and IMUVA, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. [Cuesta-Vargas,Á] Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of Malaga, Málaga, Spain. [Cuesta-Vargas,Á] Institute of Biomedical Research in Malaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain. [Cuesta-Vargas,Á] School of Clinical Science, Faculty of Health Science, Queensland University Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
2024-02-12T19:47:34Z
2024-02-12T19:47:34Z
2020-10-09
10.3390/ijerph17207359
1660-4601
1661-7827
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3747
33050179
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/18132
Female family caregivers (FFCs) constitute one of the basic supports of socio-health care for dependence in developed countries. The care provided by FFCs may impact their physical and mental health, negatively affecting their quality of life. In order to alleviate the consequences of providing care on FFCs, the Spanish Public Health System has developed the family caregiver care programme (FCCP) to be applied in primary care (PC) centres. The effectiveness of this programme is limited. To date, the addition of a physical therapeutic exercise (PTE) programme to FCCP has not been evaluated. A randomised multicentre clinical trial was carried out in two PC centres of the Spanish Public Health System. In total, 68 FFCs were recruited. The experimental group (EG) performed the usual FCCP (4 sessions, 6 h) added to a PTE programme (36 sessions in 12 weeks) whereas the control group performed the usual FCCP performed in PC. The experimental treatment improved quality of life (d = 1.17 in physical component summary), subjective burden (d = 2.38), anxiety (d = 1.52), depression (d = 1.37) and health-related physical condition (d = 2.44 in endurance). Differences between the groups (p < 0.05) were clinically relevant in favour of the EG. The experimental treatment generates high levels of satisfaction.
eng
Female caregivers
Therapeutic exercise
Public health
Quality of life
Primary care
Physiotherapy
Salud pública
Calidad de vida
Atención primaria de salud
Cuidador familiar
Fisioterapia
Effectiveness of a Physical Therapeutic Exercise Programme for Caregivers of Dependent Patients: A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial from Spanish Primary Care
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