Dixe, Maria dos AnjosTeixeira, Liliana Fernanda da ConceiçãoAreosa, Timóteo João Teixeira Camacho CoelhoFrontini, RobertaPeralta, Teresa de Jesus de AlmeidaQuerido, Ana Isabel Fernandes2019-09-242019-09-242019-09-18Dixe, M. A., Teixeira, L. F., Areosa, T. J., Frontini, R. C., Peralta, T. J. & Querido, A. I. (2019). Needs and skills of informal caregivers to care for a dependent person: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatrics. (255), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1274-0http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/4116Funding: This work was supported by Portuguese project AAC in 02/SAICT/2016 reference number 023662/2016, is funded by the program COMPETE 2020 under the Scientific and Technological Research Support System, with an incentive of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The funder had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of data, presentation of results, or decision to submit for publication.The world is facing many socio-demographic changes, such as an increased average life expectancy and the presence of chronic and non-communicable diseases, which in turn, leads to an enhanced dependency on others. Consequently, the demand for informal caregivers has significantly increased during the past few years. Caring for a dependent person is linked to a series of burdens that often leads to physical, psychological and emotional difficulties. Taking into consideration the difficulties faced by informal caregivers, knowing in which areas of functioning they need more guidance may help to relieve their burden. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to better understand the needs and competencies of the informal caregiver when caring for a dependent person in the different self-care domains.engDependent personInformal caregiverCaregiver needsCaregiver competenciesjournal article10.1186/s12877-019-1274-0