Effectiveness of interventions designed to mitigate the negative health outcomes of informal caregiving to older adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This umbrella review aimed to evaluate whether certain interventions can mitigate the negative health consequences of caregiving, which interventions are more effective than others depending on the circumstances, and how these interventions are experienced by caregivers themselves.

Design

An umbrella review of systematic reviews was conducted.

Data sources

Quantitative (with or without meta-analyses), qualitative and mixed-methods systematic reviews were included.

Eligibility criteria

Reviews were considered eligible if they met the following criteria: included primary studies targeting informal (ie, unpaid) caregivers of older people or persons presenting with ageing-related diseases; focused on support interventions and assessed their effectiveness

SUBMITTER: Kirvalidze M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124259 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature