Social inequalities in the burden of care: a dyadic analysis in the caregiving partners of persons with a physical disability.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic position (SEP) is an important contextual factor in the Stress Process Model of caregiving. However, the basic assumption that low SEP is associated with greater caregiver burden has so far lacked empirical support. The objective of this study was to investigate social inequalities in the caregiver burden among caregiving partners of persons with a physical disability, i.e., spinal cord injury (SCI), applying a dyadic approach. More specifically, we investigated 1) the association of the caregivers' SEP with caregiver burden ('actor effect'); 2) the association of the care-receivers' SEP with caregiver burden ('partner effect'), and 3) potential mediators of the association between SEP and caregiver burden. METHODS:Cross-sectional survey data from 118 couples of pe

SUBMITTER: Tough H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6938621 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature