Gender Differences in the Associations Between Informal Caregiving and Wellbeing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

ABSTRACT: Background: Health risks among informal caregivers have received inadequate attention in low and middle income countries. We examined cross-sectional data from 28611 adults 18 years and older in Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa in the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE) to examine gender differences in informal caregiving and wellbeing. Methods: Wellbeing was measured by self-rated health, difficulties with tasks, self-reported and diagnosed depression and anxiety. Informal caregiving was specific to adults and constructed as categorical variable with the respondent as: the main caregiver, non-caregiver but an adult in the household needs care, and no-one ill in the household; multinomial gender-stratified regression models assessed a

SUBMITTER: Bhan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7583325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature