A ótica da percepção de mudança e qualidade de vida dos familiares de pacientes com transtornos mentais egressos de internações psiquiátricas

Abstract

Introduction: Evaluative studies of perception of change in treatment have pointed out the relevance of the participation of users and caregivers as an integral part of the organization of care in mental health, alcohol and drugs. Objective: to investigate whether there is a positive perception of change in the life of the users after treatment from the perspective of their family, as well as the quality of life of the relatives of these patients with mental disorders in a university hospital in the northern macroregion of the State of Minas Gerais/Brazil. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study, carried out with 30 relatives of a mental health outpatient clinic of a general hospital, interviewed through the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the Family-Perceived Change Scale (family-based MPS). Univariate and multiple linear regression models were used to verify the correlation between the variables. Results: it was observed that the relatives perceive changes resulting from the treatment in the life of the users who had been hospitalized for psychiatric hospitalization. Through SRQ-20, it was shown that 40% of the caregivers presented mental suffering. In the univariate models, the variables were the only caregiver, accompanied the family during hospitalization, participated in groups and family activities during hospitalization, and felt overwhelmed with the care of the family were significant and were included in the multiple model, in which only the variables being the sole caregiver and accompanied the family member during hospitalization remained significant. Conclusions: There is a correlation between the socio-demographic profile and the caregiver overload related to the perceived change after treatment in outof-hospital admissions in the family's view. The results emphasize the need to appropriate an understanding of the situation as a whole, to visualize the user as well as his / her family beyond the mental disorder, seeking to understand their particularities and to provide a better quality of life, since they are inserted in an environment of social vulnerability.