Lack of Choice in Caregiving Decision and Caregiver Risk of Stress, North Carolina, 2005

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Bouldin, Erin D. ; Winter, Katherine H. ; Andresen, Elena M.
• Description:
  Introduction ; An aspect of caregiving that has received little attention is the degree to which the choice to provide care affects a caregiver's emotional well-being. We compared a population-based sample of informal caregivers who reported having a choice in caring with caregivers who did not have a choice in caring to determine the extent to which choice affects caregivers' self-reported stress. ; Methods ; We identified 341 informal caregivers who completed a caregiving module appended to the 2005 North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. We determined participants' self-reported stress by using a 5-point scale that was dichotomized and used adjusted binomial logistic regression to assess the risk of stress given lack of choice in caregiving. ; Results ; In the fully adjusted model, caregivers without a choice in caring were more than 3 times as likely to report stress as caregivers with a choice in caring. High level of burden also increased stress. Caregivers with no choice in caring were most commonly the primary caregiver of a parent. ; Conclusion ; Caregivers who do not have a choice in caregiving were at increased risk of stress, which may predispose them to poor health outcomes. Further investigation is needed to determine whether interventions that target caregivers without a choice in caring can reduce their levels of stress.
• Subjects:
  • Aged
  • Caregivers
  • Choice Behavior
  • Decision Making
  • Female
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Theoretical
  More +
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 7(2).
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/20450/cdc_20450_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 520.71 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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