Gender differences in the relationship between informal caregiving and subjective health: the mediating role of health promoting behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In most of developed societies, the prevalence of informal care is on the rise due to rapid population ageing. This study investigates longitudinal associations between informal caregiving and health among caregivers and potential gender differences in this relationship. Moreover, drawing on the Health Promotion Model, this study examines the mediating role of health promoting behaviors in the link between informal caregiving and caregiver's health.

Methods

Seven waves of a large-scale (N = 9,608), a nationally representative longitudinal study of middle- and old-aged adults in Korea between 2006 and 2018, were used. To address the possibility of omitted variable bias, this study employed ordinary least squares models with lagged dependent variables (OLS-LDV) as w

SUBMITTER: Kim A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8845367 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature