| ENROLLMENT |
Enrollment |
Caregivers that met with the selection criteria were identified in |
| MEASUREMENT OF CARING ABILITY AND BURDEN |
Measurement of caring abil- ity and burden |
All caregivers were first measured for caring ability and burden, also the completion of the caregivers and patients’ characterization form. |
| AN EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH FOUR TOPICS CONTAINED IN THE “CARING FOR CAREGIVERS” BOOKLET. |
An educational meeting with contents of pathology man- agement of the patient, the educational booklet designed by the research team. |
Workshops were carried out by research team members in a single day, based on the prior group allocation and using either the “Caring for Caregivers” educational booklet that lasted around 3 hours or the educational booklet with basic chronic pathology management for patients that lasted around 30 minutes. |
| FINAL RESEARCH MEETING |
Final research meeting |
Later, instruments were applied again to measure the caring ability and burden of family caregivers after the intervention. |
