ArticleBMC geriatrics2022
Family caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic: factors associated with anxiety and depression of carers for community-dwelling older adults in Hong Kong.
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- Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among foreign caregivers: A cross-sectional study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Depression, anxiety and insomnia in Chinese older adults and their family caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic: an actor-partner interdependence model approach.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Social support, positive caregiving experience, and caregiver burden in informal caregivers of older adults with dementia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Home-Isolation Care in Newly COVID-19-Positive Elderly Patients: A Caregiver-Centric Explanatory Framework.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Full-Time Caregiving during COVID-19 based on Minority Identifications, Generation, and Vaccination Status.Research in the sociology of health care · 2023Article
- Impact of Financial Burden on Family Caregivers of Older Adults Using Long-Term Care Insurance Services.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupts the daily routine and increases the caregiving load of the family carers of older adults. This study examined how the pandemic may impact mental health and investigated the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in family carers of older people.
methodsTwo hundred and thirty-six family carers of older adults participated in this cross-sectional survey study. Outcome measures included their symptoms of anxiety and depression, pandemic-related psychosocial factors, external factors, and the practice of preventive behaviours.
resultsCaseness prevalence of anxiety and depression among family carers was 25 and 56% respectively. Working carers were more depressed than non-working, while younger carers reported more anxiety and depression symptoms than older. Hand hygiene and getting drugs from the hospital positively predicted depression while healthy lifestyle negatively predicted depression. These variables, together with perceived risk and severity and the worry of getting infected, predicted anxiety.
conclusionsThe prevalence of mental health symptoms was alarming. Telemedicine practice, including online pharmaceutical services and the Internet Hospital plus Drug Delivery platform, could be a solution in alleviating the burden and worry of infection of family carers. Tailored-made interventions by age and working status of the family carers are recommended.
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