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The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 58:P112-P128 (2003)
© 2003 The Gerontological Society of America

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Associations of Stressors and Uplifts of Caregiving With Caregiver Burden and Depressive Mood: A Meta-Analysis

Martin Pinquart1, and Silvia Sörensen2

1 Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Jena, Jena, Germany.
2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.

Address correspondence to Martin Pinquart, Department of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Steiger 3 Haus 1,D-07743 Jena, Germany. E-mail: Martin.Pinquart{at}rz.uni-jena.de

In the present meta-analysis, we integrated findings from 228 studies on the association of six caregiving-related stressors and caregiving uplifts with burden and depressed mood. Care recipients' behavior problems showed stronger associations with caregiver outcomes than other stressors did. The size of the relationships varied by sample characteristics: Amount of care provided and care receivers' physical impairments were less strongly related to burden and depression for dementia caregivers than for caregivers of nondemented older adults. For spouse caregivers, physical impairments and care recipients' behavior problems had a stronger relationship to burden than for adult children. Furthermore, we found evidence that the association of caregiver burden with the number of caregiving tasks, perceived uplifts of caregiving, and the level of physical impairment of the care receiver were stronger in probability samples than in convenience samples.




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