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The relationship among caregiving characteristics, caregiver strain, and health-related quality of life: evidence from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin

verfasst von: Kristin Litzelman, Halcyon G. Skinner, Ronald E. Gangnon, F. Javier Nieto, Kristen Malecki, Whitney P. Witt

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 6/2015

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Abstract

Purpose

In order to better understand how family caregiving may contribute to poor health outcomes, this study sought to determine (1) if and to what extent caregiving characteristics were associated with caregiver strain and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and (2) whether caregiver strain mediated this association.

Methods

Data were from the 2008–2010 Survey of the Health of Wisconsin, a representative sample of Wisconsin adults aged 21–74 years. Participants completed questionnaires about their caregiving, sociodemographics, and HRQoL; 264 caregivers were identified. Staged generalized additive models assessed the associations among caregiving characteristics, caregiver strain, and HRQoL; survey weights were applied to account for the complex sampling design.

Results

More hours per week of care and greater duration of caregiving were associated with higher levels of strain. Greater caregiver strain was in turn associated with worse mental HRQoL. However, most caregiving characteristics were not directly associated with mental or physical HRQoL.

Conclusions

The findings suggest a chains-of-risk model in which caregiving may increase strain, which may in turn adversely influence mental HRQoL. Using this perspective to refine interventions may improve our ability to support caregivers on practice and policy levels.

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Titel: The relationship among caregiving characteristics, caregiver strain, and health-related quality of life: evidence from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin
verfasst von: Kristin Litzelman
Halcyon G. Skinner
Ronald E. Gangnon
F. Javier Nieto
Kristen Malecki
Whitney P. Witt
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2015
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0874-6

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