Especialidad en Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria
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Item Influencia de la funcionalidad familiar en la salud mental de los cuidadores de personas con discapacidad en el cantón Mocha(Universidad Técnica de Ambato/Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud/Centro de Posgrados, 2022-03-01) Ávila Chillo, Ana Mercedes Md.; Moreta Colcha, Henry Estalin Dr. Esp.This research thesis aims to analyze the influence of family functionality on the mental health of caregivers of people with disabilities in the Mocha canton. The study methodology is quantitative, field, bibliographic, descriptive and correlational, a non-experimental design with a cross-sectional design will be used. The instruments used were the Friedemann Family Functioning Effectiveness Scale, the Hamilton Test and the Zung Depression Scale. Regarding mental health, they present negative emotional states that can affect their stability and their full and adequate development, thus most of them present mild anxiety with 55%, and moderate with 20%, 62.5% have a normal range without depression. In the correlation of the variables, the p value greater than 0.05 presents a significant relationship with anxiety states with 0.042 and the family functioning effectiveness scale, there is no relationship between depression and family functioning. The results obtained have to be corroborated through prospective studies, so that the relationship between the variables and their variations over time can be seen and possibly help explain other controversies. It is concluded that emotional states affect a degree of family functioning