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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 157-160Publisher
SPRINGER FRANCE
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-022-1730-y
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COVID-19; caregiver burden; informal caregivers; factors
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This study explores the association between various factors and the increased caregiver burden of informal caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that depressive symptoms in caregivers, dementia in care receivers, low Barthel Index scores, increased care days and times, and use of home care service and visiting care service are associated with increased caregiver burden. Attention to the physical and mental health of both care receivers and caregivers is needed.
This study's objective was to explore the association between various factors and the increased caregiver burden of informal caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. On February, 2021, 700 informal caregivers completed an online survey. We assessed the change in caregiver burden during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among all caregiver participants, 287 (41.0%) complained of an increased caregiver burden due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The factors associated with increased caregiver burden were depressive symptoms in caregivers [odds ratio (OR), 2.20; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.50-3.23], dementia (OR, 2.48; 95%CI, 1.07-5.73) and low Barthel Index scores (OR, 2.01; 95%CI, 1.39-2.90) in care receivers, care days (OR, 1.09; 95%CI, 1.01-1.17) and times (OR, 1.06; 95%CI, 1.01-1.10), and use of home care service (OR, 1.46; 95%CI, 1.01-2.10) and visiting care service (OR, 1.71; 95%CI, 1.20-2.45). These findings suggest we need to pay attention to the physical and mental health of both the care receivers and caregivers.
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