ArticleFrontiers in public health2025
Analysis of factors influencing the burden on family caregivers of disabled older adults in Guangzhou.
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- Caregiving ability assessment tools for family caregivers of disabled older adults: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychological resilience and depressive symptoms among family caregivers of disabled people: the mediating role of caregiver burden and the moderating role of family functioning.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study aims to investigate the current status of disability among older adults and analyze factors influencing the burden on their family caregivers in southern China. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 334 pairs of disabled older adults (≥65 years) and their primary family caregivers across three districts in Guangzhou. Face-to-face interviews using standardized questionnaires assessed disability levels via the "Long-term Care Disability Level Assessment" scale and caregiver burden via the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) scale. For ordinal variables, the Kruskal-Wallis H test was applied for multi-group comparisons, while the Mann-Whitney U test was used for two-group analyses. Statistical significance was set at Results: Among 334 disabled older adults in Guangzhou, the mean age was 82 years. Of these, 55.7% were married, 43.4% were male, 43.4% had an educational attainment of primary school or below. For the 334 family caregivers, 62.3% were female, 36.8% had completed high school or vocational education. The median years of caregiving experience was 5 years, with a median weekly caregiving time of 70 h. Caregiver burden distribution was as follows: 16.2% no burden, 41.0% mild burden, 28.7% moderate burden, and 14.1% severe burden. Statistically significant differences in caregiver burden were observed across the following variables ( Conclusion: This study identifies weekly caregiving time, caregivers' physical disease, disabled older adults' ADL capacity, and caregivers' life satisfaction as critical determinants of burden severity in aging China, advocating multilevel interventions.
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