Association between chronic illnesses in older adults and caregiver burden: a cross sectional study in the United States.

IF 2.8 3区医学 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-02-24 DOI:10.1080/13607863.2025.2468891

Yeajin Ham, Yeonju Jin, Ickpyo Hong, Ji-Hyuk Park

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Abstract

Objectives: Caregiver burden is a growing social issue with an increase in the number of older adults with chronic illnesses. We analyzed the association between chronic illnesses among older adults and caregiver burden in financial, emotional, and physical domains, adjusting for caregiver and older adult characteristics.

Method: We used secondary data from the 2022 National Health and Aging Trends Study and the 2022 National Study of Caregiving. Logistic regression analyses was used to assess associations between nine illnesses and each caregiver burden in 1,419 participants.

Results: Dementia was significantly associated with caregiver burden related to emotional difficulty (odds ratio [OR] = 2.04; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.34-3.09) and physical difficulty (OR = 1.67, 95% CI, 1.01-2.78), but not financial difficulty. Furthermore, relationship with older adults, positive and negative self-esteem, the number of assistive activities of caregivers, and gender and physical capacity of older adults were significantly associated with caregiver burden.

Conclusion: These findings clarify the definition of caregiver burden and provide integrated results on caregiver burden in chronic illnesses and the characteristics of caregivers and older adults.

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Aging & Mental Health 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

7.00

自引率

2.90%

发文量

176

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Aging & Mental Health provides a leading international forum for the rapidly expanding field which investigates the relationship between the aging process and mental health. The journal addresses the mental changes associated with normal and abnormal or pathological aging, as well as the psychological and psychiatric problems of the aging population. The journal also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary and innovative approaches that explore new topics and methods. Aging & Mental Health covers the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging as they relate to mental health. In particular it encourages an integrated approach for examining various biopsychosocial processes and etiological factors associated with psychological changes in the elderly. It also emphasizes the various strategies, therapies and services which may be directed at improving the mental health of the elderly and their families. In this way the journal promotes a strong alliance among the theoretical, experimental and applied sciences across a range of issues affecting mental health and aging. The emphasis of the journal is on rigorous quantitative, and qualitative, research and, high quality innovative studies on emerging topics.