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Health impact of objective burden, subjective burden and positive aspects of caregiving: an observational study among caregivers in Switzerland.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Quality of life and burden during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study with family caregivers of persons living with Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Rare disease, common struggles: quality of life, caregiver burden and financial wellbeing of family caregivers in Poland.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Does caring for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer affect health-related quality of life of caregivers? A multicenter, cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Caregiver Quality of Life: Satisfaction and Burnout.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Mental Health Benefits and Detriments of Caregiving Demands: A Nonlinear Association in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Journal of aging and health · 2023Article
- Quality of life and perceived burden of the primary caregiver of patients aged 70 and over with cancer 5 years after initial treatment.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Observational
- Changing dynamics of caregiving: a meta-ethnography study of informal caregivers' experiences with older immigrant family members in Europe.BMC health services research · 2023Review
- How Do Shifts in Patients with Mental Health Problems' Formal and Informal Care Utilization Affect Informal Caregivers?: A COVID-19 Case Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Untangling the role of social relationships in the association between caregiver burden and caregiver health: an observational study exploring three coping models of the stress process paradigm.BMC public health · 2022Observational
- Prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression in caregivers to assisted living residents during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Elderly Caregivers' Awareness of Caregiving Health Risks.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate associations of objective caregiver burden, subjective caregiver burden and positive aspects of caregiving with self-reported health indicators in caregiving partners of persons with a severe physical disability (spinal cord injury).
designCross-sectional, observational.
settingCommunity, Switzerland.
participantsCaregiving partners of persons with spinal cord injury (n=118, response rate 19.7%). OUTCOME MEASURES: General health, role limitations due to physical health, role limitations due to mental health, pain intensity, mental health and vitality were assessed using items from the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Three items were used to assess the frequency of different types of sleep problems.
resultsSubjective caregiver burden was associated to all self-reported health indicators. A high subjective burden was linked to poorer general health (OR 6.5, 95% CI 2.0 to 21.5), more role limitations due to physical health (OR 4.2, 95% CI 1.4 to 12.8), more role limitations due to mental health (OR 3.6, 95 % CI 1.1 to 11.7), higher pain intensity (OR 4.0, 95% CI 1.4 to 11.5), poorer mental health (coefficient -17.9, 95% CI -24.5 to -11.2), lower vitality (coefficient -20.3, 95% CI -28.4 to -12.1), and more frequent sleep problems (OR 5.3, 95% CI 1.6 to 18.4). Partners who indicated positive aspects of caregiving further reported better mental health (coefficient 6.5, 95% CI 0.2 to 12.8). Objective burden was not related to any health indicator.
conclusionsSubjective burden and lack of positive aspects of caregiving were associated with poorer physical and mental health. Caregiver health may be promoted through the strengthening of psychological and psychosocial resources.
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