Characteristics and well-being of urban informal home care providers during COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed many healthcare systems, which has hampered access to routine clinical care during lockdowns. Informal home care, care provided by non-healthcare professionals, increases the community's healthcare capacity during pandemics. There is, however, limited research about the characteristics of informal home care providers and the challenges they face during such public health emergencies.

Design

A random, cross-sectional, population-based, RDD, telephone survey study was conducted to examine patterns of home care, characteristics of informal home care providers and the challenges experienced by these care providers during this pandemic.

Setting

Data were collected from 22 March to 1 April 2020 in Hong Kong, China.<

SUBMITTER: Chan EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7674019 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature