Insights Into Informal Caregivers' Well-being: A Longitudinal Analysis of Care Intensity, Care Location, and Care Relationship.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigates the psychological well-being of informal caregivers over time. It identifies the thresholds (or "tipping points") of caring intensity at which caregiving is associated with lower psychological well-being, and how this varies by care location and caregiver-care recipient relationships. It also examines how caring location and relationship are linked to informal caregivers' psychological well-being while controlling for caring intensity.

Methods

Waves 1-18 (1991-2009) of the harmonized British Household Panel Survey and Waves 1-8 (2009-2017) of the U.K. Household Longitudinal Study were analyzed. Psychological well-being was measured using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)-12 score. Care intensity was measured by the weekly hours of care

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10832593 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature