Association between care recipient frailty and caregiver burden among community-dwelling older adults: evidence from the National Study of Caregiving.
Objectives Informal caregiving can impose substantial stress on caregivers when caring for recipients with complex health needs. Despite growing interest in caregiver burden, limited research has examined care recipients' physical frailty as a primary driver of this burden. This study examines the a...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 81; no. 8; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Aug2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=195931927&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 195931927 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10795014 JGB jtl: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences issn: 10795014 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2026 vid: 81 iid: 8 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195931927 10.1093/geronb/gbag109 ppf: 1 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Association between care recipient frailty and caregiver burden among community-dwelling older adults: evidence from the National Study of Caregiving. aug: au: Tyagi, Pallavi Chen, Jie affil: Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United StatesCenter for Seniors Uniting Nationwide to Support Health, INtegrated care, and Economics (SUNSHINE), University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States su: Cross-sectional method Psychological stress Psychology of caregivers Activities of daily living Old age Risk assessment Pearson correlation (Statistics) Independent living Research funding Frail elderly Multiple regression analysis Functional status Chi-squared test Descriptive statistics Burden of care Odds ratio Financial stress Confidence intervals Data analysis software sug: subj: Cross-sectional method Psychological stress Psychology of caregivers Activities of daily living Old age Risk assessment Pearson correlation (Statistics) Independent living Research funding Frail elderly Multiple regression analysis Functional status Chi-squared test Descriptive statistics Burden of care Odds ratio Financial stress Confidence intervals Data analysis software keyword: aged caregiver burden Caregiver strain caregivers community copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 Emotional difficulty emotions Financial difficulty frail elderly frailty https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag109 inLanguage:en Participation restrictions Physical difficulty publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42320024/ aged caregiver burden Caregiver strain caregivers community copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 Emotional difficulty emotions Financial difficulty frail elderly frailty https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag109 inLanguage:en Participation restrictions Physical difficulty publisher:Oxford University Press sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42320024/ ab: Objectives Informal caregiving can impose substantial stress on caregivers when caring for recipients with complex health needs. Despite growing interest in caregiver burden, limited research has examined care recipients' physical frailty as a primary driver of this burden. This study examines the association between care recipient frailty and multiple domains of caregiver burden and provides national estimates of caregivers providing care to older adults with frailty. Methods We used data from the National Study of Caregiving to generate nationally representative estimates of caregivers providing care to frail community-dwelling older adults. Multivariable logistic regression models were run to estimate the odds, based on care recipient's frailty status, of reporting physical, emotional, and financial difficulty, participation restrictions, and caregiver strain. Results In 2022, 21.3 million adults provided care to community-dwelling older adults, of which 4.6 million provided care to frail older adults (21.3%), and 12.8 million provided care to those who are prefrail (60%). In the fully adjusted model, caregiving for frail individuals was significantly associated with greater odds of caregivers experiencing physical difficulty. Specifically, caring for prefrail recipients was associated with a 76% increase in the odds of physical difficulty (OR = 1.76; 95% CI: 1.03–3.00), while caring for frail recipients was associated with a more than twofold increase in odds (OR = 2.30; 95% CI: 1.25–4.26). Discussion Our study highlights the prevalence of unpaid family caregiving for community-dwelling older adults with prefrailty and frailty and shows that frailty is associated with increased caregiver burden, particularly physical difficulty. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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