OBJETIVE: Determinate the family burden in the caregiver of the patient with diabetic foot in the Naval Specialty Hospital of Veracruz. METHODS: The caregiver of a patient with a diabetic foot was observed attending to the wound clinic, monthly period of June to October 2016. The Self-Applied Family Load Scale-Questionnaire was applied to him, through three sections, the objective load, the level of attribution and the subjective load with a reliability of 0.85 No-random sampling and probabilistic sample. It was analyze with absolute and relatives frequencies, by confidence intervals and tendency measures, and probabilistic pack SPSS v22.0. RESULTS: 70 interviews were made, observing an average of 160 days of evolution since the beginning of the injury, female relatives caregiver of the patient response were 69%, children of the patient 60%; according to Wagner classification a deep ulcer was found in 46%. Caregiver average age of 48 ± 14 years old, 54% housewife, 50% with elementary or lower schooling. Attribution level showed 1.10 (IC 95% 0.98-1.23) correspond it to possible relation, objective load 0.69 (IC 95% 0.59-0.79) range 0-2. CONCLUSION: In family burned was observed a possible relation in the attribution level of the caregiver of patient with diabetic foot.
