Análisis de las redes de apoyo familiar y/o social en pacientes con enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en la ciudad de Barranquilla 2023

Abstract

According to a report from the World Health Organization (2008), the global burden of non-communicable diseases continues to increase; addressing it constitutes one of the main challenges for development in the 21st century. It is estimated that non communicable diseases, mainly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases caused 35 million deaths in 2005. In Colombia, some descriptive and correlational studies on the subject are cited. The data shown shows that the family is the largest provider of social support, the network that these patients have is stable and lasting, with emotional support represented in affection, affirmation and tangible help being the most important, which allows them to assume an attitude positive in the face of chronic illness. Social and family support has been shown to have a positive influence on the experience of chronic illness care and family caregivers.