ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2015
Health and wellbeing in informal caregivers and non-caregivers: a comparative cross-sectional study of the Swedish general population.
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- The impact of frailty on the use of social services, medication and mortality risk: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Physical and Mental Health of Informal Carers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and Non-CALD Groups in Australia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Designing a Mobile e-Coaching App for Immigrant Informal Caregivers: Qualitative Study Using the Persuasive System Design Model.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Article
- Toward Comprehensive Care Integration in Canada: Delphi Process Findings from Researchers, Clinicians, Patients and Decision Makers.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2023Article
- Implementation of eMental health technologies for informal caregivers: A multiple case study.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
- Implementation of e-Mental Health Interventions for Informal Caregivers of Adults With Chronic Diseases: Mixed Methods Systematic Review With a Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Thematic Synthesis.JMIR mental health · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundInformal caregiving by relatives is a great resource for individuals as well as for society, but the caregiving role is associated with health problems for the caregiver. This study aimed to compare caregivers' self-rated health, number of recent days with poor health and psychological wellbeing with that of non-caregivers in a general Swedish population.
methodsFrom 2004 to 2013, 90,845 Swedish people completed a postal questionnaire about their health, number of recent days with poor health during last month, psychological wellbeing and if they were performing caregiving or not. Descriptive statistics, chi-square analysis, ANOVA, logistic regressions and negative binomial regression models were used to investigate associations between being a caregiver or not and health and wellbeing. Negative binomial regression was used to assess the relation between caregiver status and recent days with poor health or functioning.
resultsEleven percent reported having a caregiving role. Caregivers reported poorer self-rated health compared to non-caregivers, also in adjusted models; odds ratio (OR): 1.07 with a 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.01-1.13. Caregivers also reported lower psychological wellbeing compared to non-caregivers; OR: 1.22, CI: 1.15-1.30. Caregiving status was associated with more recent days with poor physical health and more recent days with poor mental health.
conclusionsThis study suggests that caregivers have worse perceptions in self-rated health and psychological wellbeing compared with non-caregivers, indicating that the role of caregiver is adversely associated with health. This association also appears in terms of reporting days of poor health in the last month. The underlying mechanism of these associations, including the potential detrimental health effects of being a caregiver, needs to be investigated in longitudinal studies.
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