Gaceta Sanitaria
Volume 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-126

Quality of life in Latin American immigrant caregivers in Spain [Calidad de vida de trabajadoras inmigrantes latinoamericanas como cuidadoras en España] (Article) (Open Access)

Bover A.* , Taltavull J.M. , Gastaldo D. , Luengo R. , Izquierdo M.D. , Juando-Prats C. , Sáenz de Ormijana A. , Robledo J.
  • a Grupo de Investigación Crítica en Salud (GICS), Departament d'Infermeria i Fisioteràpia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • b Centro de Salud Platja de Palma, Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Mallorca, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  • c Grupo de Investigación Crítica en Salud (GICS), Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • d Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería de la Cruz Roja, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • e Atención Primaria de Salud, Servicio Canario de la Salud, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
  • f Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto and Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Keenan Research Centre Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
  • g Unidad de Neurología, Hospital Txagorritxu, Álava, Spain
  • h Centro de Salud de Navalperal, Atención Primaria, Ávila, Spain

Abstract

Objective: To describe perceived quality of life in Latin American caregivers working in Spain and how itvaries in relation to certain variables shared by this group.Methods: We used the SF-36 to measure perceived quality of life in 517 women residing in five Spanishregions: the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands, and Madrid. Severalvariables related to the socio-demographic profile and migration process were studied using Student's ttest, ANOVA and linear regression models.Results: The participants scored very low on the dimensions of physical and emotional roles. The factorsassociated with lower quality of life scores within the group were working as a live-in caregiver, lack ofcontract, multitasking, irregular status, and younger age.Conclusions: The vulnerability of these women can be explained by poor working conditions and otherfactors related to the migratory process. © 2014 SESPAS.

Author Keywords

social determinants of health Women Immigrant work Quality of life Caregivers

Index Keywords

South and Central America Latin America Caregivers human Self Report middle aged ethnology Cross-Sectional Studies quality of life Young Adult Humans cross-sectional study migrant Emigrants and Immigrants Spain female adult occupational health caregiver
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84925157127&doi=10.1016%2fj.gaceta.2014.09.009&partnerID=40&md5=d2afd9d7678f6c4def22f2b8050e496a
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2014.09.009
ISSN: 02139111
Cited by: 5
Original Language: Spanish