Emotional intelligence abilities of caregivers of patients with acquired brain injury and cognitive impairmentare they related to overload or resilience?

  1. Irene de-Torres García 12
  2. Fernando Bustos 24
  3. Juan Carlos 3
  4. Pablo Fernández-Berrocal 2
  1. 1 Málaga Regional University Hospital, Málaga, Spain
  2. 2 Department of Basic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
  3. 3 Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
  4. 4 Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex.
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Journal:
Ansiedad y estrés

ISSN: 1134-7937

Year of publication: 2022

Volume: 28

Issue: 1

Pages: 55-61

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5093/ANYES2022A6 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Introduction: Acquired brain injury entails stressful situations of emotional complexity. Objective: To evaluate possible relationship among emotional intelligence, emotional status, resilience, and burden sensation of caregivers of patients with cognitive-behavioral impairment due to acquired brain injury in isolation circumstances because of COVID-19 pandemic. Material and methods: An observational descriptive cross-sectional study of prevalence was designed with a sample of 17 caregivers of patients with cognitive-behavioral impairment due to acquired brain injury. Main outcome measures: Caregiver Burden Interview, the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Emotional Health, the Trait Meta-Mood Scale and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. Results: The median age of the 17 caregivers was 47.5 years, 71% of women had a median care-time of 3.5 years, and 65% of the total sample were spouses of the patients. 70% of the patients were affected by stroke (hemorrhagic or ischemic cause). 59% of the caregivers presented a low level of emotional attention and emotional clarity, and 47 %, low emotional repair ability. 82% of them did not report overload, 53% showed low resilience level. Emotional intelligence showed strong correlation with resilience and mental health of caregivers. All of them were positively correlated with daily positive emotions and negatively correlated with negative emotions and overload. Conclusions: Emotional intelligence, resilience, and mental health of caregivers are strongly correlated. All of them increase positive emotions and reduce negative emotions and overload.

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