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Jakelinne Reis Sousa Vilanova1, Cristianne Teixeira Carneiro1, Karla Nayalle de Souza Rocha2
1Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Campus Amílcar Ferreira Sobral, Departamento de Enfermagem. Floriano, Piauí, Brasil.
Objective:
To analyze the maternal burden related to the care of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Method:
Study with a mixed-method sequential explanatory design held at the Association of Friends and Families of Special Children and in a WhatsApp® Messenger group, with 51 (quantitative phase) and six (qualitative phase) mothers, between January and October 2019. For data collection, in the quantitative phase, a sociodemographic, economic and child care characterization form and a Zarit Burden Interview instrument were used. Semi-structured interview was used in the qualitative phase. Descriptive bivariate and multivariate analysis (quantitative) and Bardin analysis (qualitative) were performed.
Results:
A total of 64.7% mothers felt burdened, with mild to moderate burden (52.9%). Four analytical categories on elements that trigger maternal burden emerged.
Conclusions:
There is an urgent need to identify maternal burden related to the care of children with autism spectrum disorder, during assistance in Primary Health Care.
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