• Ana María Rodríguez-González and Eva Rodríguez-Míguez.
• Facultad de Ciencias de Educación y del Deporte, Universidad de Vigo, Pontevedra, España; Centro de Salud Altamira, Servicio Cántabro de Salud, Puente San Miguel (Cantabria), España; Fundación Biomédica Galicia Sur, Vigo (Pontevedra), España. Electronic address: anarodriguez@uvigo.es.
• Aten Primaria. 2020 Dec 1; 52 (10): 770-777.

ObjectiveTo describe the use and perception of the need for assistive devices and identify their relationship with instruments to measure dependence and caregiver burden.DesignCross-sectional study.LocationPrimary Health Care in the southern area of Pontevedra.ParticipantsA total of 112 informal caregivers providing care to 125 dependent persons.Key MeasurementsThrough a personal interview, data was collected on the use and perception of the need for these devices. In addition, sociodemographic data and information on the time dedicated to daily care, caregiver burden, the Dependency Rating Scale, and the DEP-6D dependency indicator were obtained. A contrast mean was used to identify whether there are significant differences in these indicators, depending on whether or not they use the facilitator devices. A logistic regression was performed to identify those variables most associated with not having a need covered.ResultsMore than half (60%: 95% CI; 50.9-68.7) of dependent persons have unmet needs for these devices. These needs are mainly associated with a low family income, a high degree of dependence, and better health of the caregiver; although in extreme situations of greater dependence and worse health of the caregiver these deficiencies are smoothed out.ConclusionsThere is a strong association between the level of dependence and the use of these devices. However, there is a high percentage of the sample that do not have the products that they need, which are associated with the socioeconomic situation of the household as well as with the characteristics of the dependent person and the caregiver.Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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