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Mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation among unpaid caregivers of adults in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relationships to age, race/ethnicity, employment, and caregiver intensity
- Source :
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier B.V., 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Unpaid caregivers of adults play critical roles in health care systems by providing care to older adults and those with chronic conditions. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened caregiving needs, forcing some into caregiving roles and disrupting others. We sought to estimate the prevalence of and identify factors associated with adverse mental health symptoms, substance use, and suicidal ideation amongst unpaid caregivers of adults versus non-caregivers. Methods During June 24-30, 2020, surveys were administered to U.S. adults. Quota sampling and survey weighting were implemented to improve sample representativeness of age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Results Of 9,896 eligible invited adults, 5,412 (54.7%) completed surveys and 5,011 (92.6%) met screening criteria and were analyzed, including 1,362 (27.2%) caregivers. Caregivers had higher adverse mental health symptom prevalences than non-caregivers, including suicidal ideation (33.4% vs 3.7%, p
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Employment
Coping (psychology)
Substance-Related Disorders
Population
Ethnic group
Family caregivers
Anxiety
Suicidal Ideation
Health care
Ethnicity
Medicine
Humans
education
Child
Suicidal ideation
Pandemics
Aged
education.field_of_study
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Depression
COVID-19
Mental health
United States
Informal caregivers
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Mental Health
Caregivers
medicine.symptom
Coping
business
Research Paper
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15732517 and 01650327
- Volume :
- 295
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7757c7520e21ee9c595016eeaeea9c4d