Importancia de las redes de apoyo en la recuperación de un paciente con trauma craneoencefálico (TCE).

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to determine the importance of the support network within the recovery of a patient with head trauma through a case study, establishing premises that allow future families an adequate management from home, through the systemic approach, which is defined as an organized whole composed of elements that interact in a certain way; thus within this approach the family is mentioned, and its importance as a support network for the recovery of such trauma, the support networks are a group of people, family members, friends and other people, able to provide help and a support as real as lasting to an individual or a family; The research is done through a qualitative, descriptive case study with a transversal design. The techniques implemented for data collection are the semi-structured interview, the focus group and the life history. In this way it was possible to conclude that the family, according to the theory, the health professionals, the family and the individual, it is important the support of the primary caregiver to achieve a notorious recovery to patients who have suffered some type of trauma.