Correlates of Physical Health of Informal Caregivers: A Meta-Analysis
Friedrich Schiller University Jena · University of Rochester
Abstract
Effects of caregiving on physical health have received less theoretical and empirical attention than effects on psychological health. This meta-analysis integrates results from 176 studies on correlates of caregiver physical health. Caregiver depressive symptoms had stronger associations with physical health than did objective stressors. Higher levels of care recipient behavior problems were more consistently related to poor caregiver health than were care receiver impairment and intensity of caregiving. Higher age, lower socioeconomic status, and lower levels of informal support were related to poorer health. Predictors of physical health are not identical to predictors of psychological health. Associations…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 13.26
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 192
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2Topics & keywords
- Stressor
- Dementia
- Socioeconomic status
- Physical health
- Psychology
- Gerontology
- Meta-analysis
- Health and Retirement Study
- No poverty