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Negative and positive health effects of caring for a disabled spouse
— longitudinal findings from the Caregiver Health Effects Study | | Author(s) | Scott R Beach, Richard Schulz, Jennifer L Yee |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 15, no 2, June 2000 |
| Pages | pp 259-271 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Stress ; Spouses as carers ; Physical disabilities ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from the first 2 waves of the US Caregiver Health Effects Study (CHES) were analysed to examine the effects of changes in caregiving involvement on changes to caregiver health-related outcomes when caring for a disabled spouse. Caregiving involvement was indexed by levels of: spouse physical impairment; help provided by the spouse; and strain associated with providing help. Health-related outcomes included perceived health, health-risk behaviours, anxiety symptoms and depression symptoms. Increases in spouse impairment and caregiver stress were generally related to poorer outcomes over time (poorer perceived health, increased health-risk behaviours, and increased anxiety and depression), whereas increased helping was related to better outcomes (decreased anxiety and depression). Thus, caring for a disabled spouse can have both deleterious and beneficial consequences. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001024206 A |
| Classmark | CC: QNH: P6:SN: BN: 3J: 7T |
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