Mapping the Caregiver Experience: Predicting Dimensions of Caregiver Strain Through Task-Based Profiles.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Family caregiving is a prevalent, diverse, and often challenging experience. We develop caregiving activity profiles to better understand how sets of care-tasks contribute to various aspects of strain.Methods: Using diary data from a survey of 213 family caregivers in the U.S., we perform latent class analysis to group commonly occurring care-related tasks into activity profiles. We then use these classifications to predict physical, financial, and emotional strain.Main Findings: We identified 4 unique activity profiles based on a set of 36 daily caregiving activities performed. Activity profiles varied significantly across the three analyzed strain dimensions.Conclusion: Activity profiles present opportunities to better understand how caregiving task

SUBMITTER: Brady S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12559368 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature