OriginalCaracterização da pessoa dependente no autocuidado: um estudo de base populacional num concelho do norte de PortugalCharacteristics of a person who is dependent on self-care: A population based study in a region in the North of Portugal

Introduction In the world we live in today, as a result of the socio-demographic, economic and structural changes, dependency on self-care is becoming more and more important, and nowadays it is of great concern to the social health policies to identify the people in a dependency situation and to come up with solutions that are suitable to meet their needs.