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ArticleFamilies, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare2022

Family caregivers navigating the health care system: Evolving roles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wagahta Semere, Lena K Makaroun, Scott Beach, Dean Schillinger, Ann-Marie Rosland

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Article in Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Wagahta SemereDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Francisco.ORCID 0000-0001-6560-9747
Lena K MakarounDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0003-4312-1016
Scott BeachDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh.
Dean SchillingerDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Francisco.
Ann-Marie RoslandDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0002-5809-5861

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Institutional Career Development Core SupplementKL2TR001870 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M., SARKAR, URMIMALA · 2016 to 2025
$19.7M
Translational Research Core - Health Engagement & Action Translational (HEAT)P30DK092924 · NIDDK · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Alyce Sophia Adams, HILARY Kessler SELIGMAN · 2011 to 2026
$9.2M
Promoting Safety by Engaging Diverse Diabetes Patients and their Caregivers in Secure MessagingK08HS027844 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SEMERE, WAGAHTA · 2021 to 2024
$591k
ACL HHS 90RTGE0002AHRQ HHSAHRQ HHS K08 HS027844National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)National Institutes of Health; National Center for Advancing Translational SciencesNCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001870NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092924
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introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has altered access to health care; it remains unclear how patients with chronic illness and disability and their family caregivers are adapting to these changes. In this study, we examined changes in family caregiver roles helping care recipients with chronic illness and disability navigate health care needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsFrom April 15 to May 27, 2020, we distributed online and telephone surveys to family caregiver members of a population-based regional research registry. Caregivers reported whether they were helping "more," "less," or the "same" with ten health care activities (e.g., filling prescriptions, attending medical appointments) now, compared to before the coronavirus pandemic. Using multivariable logistic regression models, we examined caregiver and caregiving context characteristics associated with helping more with 1 or more health care activities.

resultsOf 561 caregiver respondents, mean age was 59 years, 76% were women, and 56% co-resided with care recipients. Many caregivers (59%) reported increased help with 1 or more health care activities since the pandemic. Caregivers reported greater help getting medical supplies (31%) and attending care recipients' phone (21%) and video (16%) medical appointments. Women (OR 1.55; 95% CI 1.02-2.36) and caregivers assisting with short-term physical conditions were more likely to help more with 1 or more health care activities (OR 2.81; 95% CI 1.20-6.59). DISCUSSION: Family caregivers reported their responsibilities helping care recipients with chronic conditions and disabilities stay engaged with health care increased since the pandemic. Providers and health systems should consider targeted strategies to support caregivers helping vulnerable patients access necessary care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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CaregiversCOVID-19Chronic DiseaseDelivery of Health CareFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemics

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