BACKGROUND: Informal caregiving can be deleterious to mental health, but research results are inconsistent and may reflect an interaction between caregiving and vulnerability to stress.
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BACKGROUND: Informal caregiving can be deleterious to mental health, but research results are inconsistent and may reflect an interaction between caregiving and vulnerability to stress.
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- Caregiver burden and depression among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other nonheterosexual individuals in the United States: Analysis of BRFSS 2015–2018 (2024) · doi
Our study revealed higher caregiving burden and depression among LGB+ caregivers in the United States, warranting further research and targeted support to address their unique challenges and improve services to caregivers.
Keywords: caregivers revealed higher caregiving burden depression among united states warranting further targeted support address unique - Time Effects of Informal Caregiving on Cognitive Function and Well-Being: Evidence From ELSA (2020) · doi
There are inconsistent findings regarding the direction of the impact of caregiving-whether caregiving maintains or compromises functioning-and the impact of time-whether the effects accumulate or are stable.
Keywords: impact caregiving whether there inconsistent regarding direction maintains compromises functioning time effects accumulate stable - Relationships Among Caregiving, Income, Gender, and Health: A Cross-Sectional Examination of a Representative Sample of Older Americans (2016) · doi
Although there is substantial evidence to support the effect of burden on caregivers, few studies have compared caregivers to their noncaregiving counterparts on the basis of health and well-being outcomes.
Keywords: caregivers there substantial evidence support effect burden compared noncaregiving counterparts basis health well outcomes - Patient-family communication mediates the relation between family hardiness and caregiver positivity: Exploring the moderating role of caregiver depression and anxiety (2019) · doi
Purpose: Despite the theoretical and empirical significance of positive aspects of caregiving in caregiver well-being, relatively little is known regarding family-related predictors of caregiver positivity.
Keywords: caregiver purpose despite theoretical empirical significance positive aspects caregiving well relatively little known regarding family - Depression and quality of informal care: A longitudinal investigation of caregiving stressors. (2011) · doi
These results extend previous cross-sectional findings and indicate that changes in caregiving stressors, caregiver depression, and caregiver respect over time may signal that intervention is warranted in order to forestall or prevent poor quality of care.
Keywords: caregiver extend previous cross sectional indicate changes caregiving stressors depression respect time signal intervention warranted - Does Caregiving Cause Psychological Distress? The Case for Familial and Genetic Vulnerabilities in Female Twins (2013) · doi
BACKGROUND: Informal caregiving can be deleterious to mental health, but research results are inconsistent and may reflect an interaction between caregiving and vulnerability to stress.
Keywords: caregiving background informal deleterious mental health inconsistent reflect interaction vulnerability stress
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