The hidden costs of informal caregiving: a concept analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

"The hidden costs of informal caregiving" is an interdisciplinary concept. While caregivers make a significant contribution to the process of caregiving, they sacrifice their leisure time, and incur risks of dropping out of the job, impaired mental and physical health, and decreased well-being within the context of caregiving. Those invisible sacrifices are often overlooked and described as hidden costs of informal caregiving. However, the conceptualisation of hidden costs of informal caregiving has not yet been clarified and scientifically assessed. The research aimed to clarify the concept of hidden costs of informal caregiving and develop an operational definition.

Methods

Walker and Avant's concept analysis was conducted. Databases of CBM, CNKI, WanFang, VIP,

SUBMITTER: Gu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11373085 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature