Intervención enfermera “círculos de diálogo” para la disminución del nivel de sobrecarga de cuidadores de pacientes crónico complejos y con enfermedad crónica avanzada

Introduction. The increase in life expectancy has led to an aging population and a higher prevalence of chronic diseases. This has generated the need for informal caregivers of the elderly to face caregiving situations. On the other hand, there has been a change in the epidemiological profile of the last 50 years, where there is a decrease in infectious diseases and a higher prevalence of non-communicable diseases of chronic course such as, which increase the demand of caregivers relatives. Caring for a dependent family member can negatively affect the health of the caregiver in their emotional and working life. Objectives. In the first phase, the general objective is to describe the sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample, as specific, to analyze the relationship between the level of caregiver burden and the sociodemographic variables of the main caregivers, to analyze the relationship between the level of caregiver burden and the clinical characteristics of the patient. In a second phase, it is to determine the effectiveness of the dialogue circles nurse intervention, to reduce the level of burden perceived by the main caregivers of patients identified as complex chronic patients and advanced chronic disease. As specific they are, comparing the level of overload perceived by the main caregivers before and after the intervention between the experimental group and the control group and the degree of satisfaction about the intervention nurse dialogue circles. Methodology. Quantitative study in two phases. In the first a descriptive cross-sectional study and in the second an experimental study, a randomized clinical trial with simple masking. The study will be carried out in Catalonia, in the towns of the metropolitan area of Barcelona, belonging to the Baix Llobregat Center Primary Care Service.