The association between informal caregiving and behavioral risk factors: a cross-sectional study
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The association between informal caregiving and behavioral risk factors: a cross-sectional study. / Gottschalk, Sophie; König, Hans-Helmut; Brettschneider, Christian.
in: INT J PUBLIC HEALTH, Jahrgang 65, Nr. 6, 07.2020, S. 911-921.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - The association between informal caregiving and behavioral risk factors: a cross-sectional study
AU - Gottschalk, Sophie
AU - König, Hans-Helmut
AU - Brettschneider, Christian
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare informal caregivers/dementia caregivers to non-caregivers regarding alcohol consumption, smoking behavior, obesity, and insufficient physical activity and to identify caregiving-related factors (caregiving intensity, length of caregiving, relationship to the care recipient, and type of caregiving task) which are associated with behavioral risk factors in caregivers/dementia caregivers.METHODS: Using cross-sectional data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we performed the statistical analyses applying logistic regression models and accounted for confounding using the entropy balancing approach.RESULTS: For caregivers (n = 12,044), the odds of overweight/obesity and smoking were higher (OR = 1.14/1.34, p < 0.05) and the odds of binge drinking and insufficient physical activity were lower (OR = 0.86/0.83, p < 0.05) than for non-caregivers (n = 45,925). For dementia caregivers, results point in the same direction. Caregiving-related variables tend to influence the likelihood of behavioral risk factors, but depending on the kind of factor considered, in different directions.CONCLUSIONS: Being a caregiver is associated with risky and health-promoting behavior. However, the effects are relatively low. Future studies should study potential pathways between caregiving characteristics, psychological impacts of caregiving, health behavior, and mental or physical health.
AB - OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare informal caregivers/dementia caregivers to non-caregivers regarding alcohol consumption, smoking behavior, obesity, and insufficient physical activity and to identify caregiving-related factors (caregiving intensity, length of caregiving, relationship to the care recipient, and type of caregiving task) which are associated with behavioral risk factors in caregivers/dementia caregivers.METHODS: Using cross-sectional data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we performed the statistical analyses applying logistic regression models and accounted for confounding using the entropy balancing approach.RESULTS: For caregivers (n = 12,044), the odds of overweight/obesity and smoking were higher (OR = 1.14/1.34, p < 0.05) and the odds of binge drinking and insufficient physical activity were lower (OR = 0.86/0.83, p < 0.05) than for non-caregivers (n = 45,925). For dementia caregivers, results point in the same direction. Caregiving-related variables tend to influence the likelihood of behavioral risk factors, but depending on the kind of factor considered, in different directions.CONCLUSIONS: Being a caregiver is associated with risky and health-promoting behavior. However, the effects are relatively low. Future studies should study potential pathways between caregiving characteristics, psychological impacts of caregiving, health behavior, and mental or physical health.
U2 - doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01402-6
DO - doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01402-6
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
VL - 65
SP - 911
EP - 921
JO - INT J PUBLIC HEALTH
JF - INT J PUBLIC HEALTH
SN - 1661-8556
IS - 6
ER -