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Item Efectos en la salud integral del cuidador familiar en personas con esclerosis lateral amiotrófica, revisión de alcance(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2023) Chaguala Altamirano, Daniela; Carabali Caicedo, Adriana; Mora Garcia, Natalia; Loaiza Buitrago, Diana FernandaAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects their functionality, independence and quality of life, this is characterized by a condition in motor neurons as these are responsible for the execution of body movement, in the primary symptoms presents stiffness or spasticity, loss of dexterity, mild muscle atrophy, loss of reflexes and involuntary muscle contractions, ALS has an incidence of 1 to 3 cases per 10,000 people worldwide. People affected by ALS have a caregiver who provides all the care to improve their quality of life, being this a health problem for the caregiver, where he/she develops physical, psychological and social changes. For this reason we articulated the following question: What are the effects on the integral health of the family caregiver in people with ALS? Our objective is to investigate the damage caused by being the family caregiver of a patient with ALS. Objective: To investigate the harms of being the family caregiver of a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Problem question: What are the effects on the integral health of the family caregiver in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? Methodology:Type of design (Scoping review. It is a tool to determine the scope of an updated literature on a topic, which allows giving a broad or detailed description of the research. Selection criteria: Articles available in the access databases of Universidad Santiago de Cali, Research papers with a quantitative, qualitative or mixed approach and published in indexed journals, Articles with publication reference between 2017 to 2022, Records that involve and/or describe the health conditions and health repercussions in the caregivers of ALS patients, Papers in English, Spanish or Portuguese, Conclusión This work was a challenge because it is the beginning of our research and therefore transmits us a great pressure at the academic level, leaves great learning for the research topic addressed ELA as we had certain empty about it, thanks to our skills as nurses we are pleased that we can contribute our bit in front of people who need our support, we are satisfied that effectively applied the objectives set by answering the problem question and was rewarding teamwork with advice from the tutor, adding with his experience for this work will be carried out.