Informal caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic perceive additional burden: findings from an ad-hoc survey in Germany

Informal caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic perceive additional burden: findings from an ad-hoc survey in Germany

Abstract Background While the relation between care involvement of informal caregivers and caregiver burden is well-known, the additional psychosocial burden related to care involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet been investigated. Methods A total of 1000 informal caregivers, recruited...

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Main Authors: Andrea Budnick, Christian Hering, Simon Eggert, Christian Teubner, Ralf Suhr, Adelheid Kuhlmey, Paul Gellert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Informal caregiver
Family caregiver
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Psychosocial burdens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06359-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06359-7

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