ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
From Burden to Depressive Symptoms in Informal Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Path Analysis.
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- Factors associated with change in moderate or severe symptoms of anxiety and depression in community-living adults and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Article
- Unexpected changes and associated factors of care burden among caregivers of cancer patients one year after COVID-19 outbreak.Heliyon · 2023Article
- From Sarcopenia to Depressive Symptoms in Elderly: A Path Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Caregiving Situation as a Predictor of Subjective Caregiver Burden: Informal Caregivers of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Fatigue Assessment Scale in Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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- Analysis of the concept of caregiver role strain in informal caregivers: an approach according to Meleis.Revista CuidarteArticle
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15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this study was to assess the complex relationship between the multiple determinants of the caregiving process, the caregiver burden, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on a nationally representative sample (n = 798) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia from March to September 2020. A nine-section questionnaire designed for this study included the characteristics of caregivers, characteristics of care and care recipients, COVID-19 related questions, and the following standardized instruments: 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey, Fatigue Severity Scale, Activities of Daily Living Scale and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory. Path analysis was used for the simultaneous assessment of the direct and indirect relationships of all determinants.
resultsMore than two thirds (71.9%) of informal caregivers experienced a burden, and more than one quarter (27.1%) had depression symptomatology. Self-rated physical health, need for psychosocial support, and caregiver burden were the main direct predictors of depression. Multiple determinants of the caregiving process had indirect effects on depressive symptomatology via the caregiver burden as a mediating factor.
conclusionsThe subjective burden presented a significant risk factor for depressive symptoms in caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The provision of psychosocial support was identified as an important opportunity to reduce depressive risk in informal caregivers.
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