Exploring Changes in Caregiver Burden and Caregiving Intensity due to COVID-19.
Exploring Changes in Caregiver Burden and Caregiving Intensity due to COVID-19.
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DOI：
10.1177/2333721421999279
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发表时间：
2021-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Greaney ML
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作者：
Cohen SA;Kunicki ZJ;Drohan MM;Greaney ML
本研究探讨了由于COVID-19大流行，非正式照顾者自我报告的生活强度（CI）和照顾者负担（CB）的变化。50岁以上的非正式护理人员于2020年6月通过亚马逊的MTurk完成了一项调查。参与者报告了CI和CB因COVID-19而发生的变化，并提供了人口统计信息。多项逻辑回归模型评估整体及按性别划分的COVID-19疫情导致的CI及CB变化。样本（n = 835）为68.5%男性，平均年龄为34岁（SD 9.8）; 55.7%的CI增加，53.1%的CB增加归因于大流行。COVID-19导致的CB增加与CI增加相关（OR 5.67，95% CI 3.92-8.00）。由于COVID-19导致CI降低的男性照顾者由于COVID-19导致CB降低的可能性是CI没有变化的男性照顾者的近7倍（OR 6.91，95%CI 3.29-14.52）。因COVID-19导致CI下降的女性因COVID导致CB下降的可能性超过8倍（OR 8. 30，95% CI 2. 66 - 25. 91）。结果表明，自COVID-19大流行开始以来，许多护理人员的CI和CB都有所增加，这些变化很复杂，且因性别而异。
This study explored self-reported changes in caregiving intensity (CI) and caregiver burden (CB) among informal caregivers due to the COVID-19 pandemic overall and by gender. Informal caregivers for someone age 50+ completed a survey via Amazon’s MTurk in June 2020. Participants reported changes in CI and CB due to COVID-19 and provided demographic information. Multinomial logistic regression models assessed changes in CI and CB attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic overall and by gender. The sample (n = 835) was 68.5% male and had an average age of 34 years (SD 9.8); 55.7% had increased CI, and 53.1% had increased CB attributed to the pandemic. Increased CB due to COVID-19 was associated with increased CI (OR 5.67, 95% CI 3.92–8.00). Male caregivers with decreased CI due to COVID-19 were nearly seven times as likely as those with no change in CI to have reduced CB due to COVID-19 (OR 6.91, 95% CI 3.29–14.52). Women with decreased CI due to COVID-19 were over eight times as likely to have reduced CB due to COVID (OR 8.30, 95% CI 2.66–25.91). Results indicate that many caregivers experienced increases in CI and CB since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that these changes are complex and vary by gender.