Observational studyBMC public health2022
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.
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- Knowledge and barriers to pain management among cancer caregivers in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.PeerJ · 2026Article
- The influence of stress, social support and feminine values on the health behaviour of women in Hong Kong.Journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- CrossFit participants' experiences of balancing family, work, and fitness in a South African context.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Neighborhood social cohesion and psychological distress among caregiving spouses with or without a nearby social support network.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Caregiving for Adults With Down Syndrome: Caregiver Experiences and Support Needs.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
- Elements of burden among informal caregivers of community-dwelling older adults receiving home care nursing: a cross-sectional study on health status, well-being, and gender differences.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Quality of Life and Caregiver Burden in Adult ADHD, Major Depressive Disorder, and Personality Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2025Article
- The longitudinal impacts of secondary caregiver networks on primary caregiver's social isolation and depression.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Stress, Employment Changes, and Psychological Distress Among Caregivers of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2025Observational
- Lower Perceived Social Support During Hospitalization by Close Family Members may have Significant Associations with Psychological Distress 1 Month After Cardiac Arrest.Neurocritical care · 2025Article
- What is the care economy? A scoping review on current evidence, challenges, facilitators and future opportunities.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Association between Healthcare Satisfaction and Social Support and Stress, Depression, and Life Satisfaction in Female Caregivers: The Moderating Role of Dependence of a Sick Child.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Effects of a self-care educational program via telerehabilitation on quality of life and caregiver burden in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a single-blinded randomized clinical trial protocol.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Analysis of the concept of caregiver role strain in informal caregivers: an approach according to Meleis.Revista CuidarteArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCaregivers health is often at risk due to the detrimental effects of caregiver burden. It is therefore vital to identify strategies and resources, which ensure the safeguarding of caregivers' health, whilst also enabling caregivers to continue providing high quality long-term care to care-receivers. The objective of this study is therefore to examine the moderating and mediating role of different social relationship constructs (social networks, social support, relationship quality, and loneliness) in the relationship between subjective caregiver burden and health, by exploring different coping models of the stress process paradigm, namely the stress buffering, social deterioration and counteractive models.
methodsLongitudinal survey data from 133 couples of caregiving romantic partners and persons with spinal cord injury, living in Switzerland were used. We employed multivariable regression analysis with the inclusion of interaction terms to explore moderation effects of social relationships (i.e. stress buffering model), and path analysis to explore mediation effects (i.e. social deterioration vs. counteractive model) of social relationships on the association between subjective caregiver burden and health. Health was operationalised using the following outcomes: mental health, vitality, bodily pain and general health.
resultsSocial support and relationship quality were found to buffer the negative effects of subjective caregiver burden on mental health. Mediating effects of social relationships were observed for mental health (indirect effect -0.25, -0.42- -0.08) and vitality (indirect effect -0.20, -0.37- -0.03), providing support for the deterioration model. Loneliness was found to be a particularly important construct on the pathway from caregiver burden to health.
conclusionOur study highlights the potential of social support and relationship quality to override the negative consequences of caregiver burden on mental health and vitality. Our evidence thus supports the advance of interventions that seek to improve qualitative aspects of social relationships, especially in caregivers experiencing a high subjective caregiver burden.
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