2015
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1519-6
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Female family caregivers face a higher risk of hypertension and lowered estimated glomerular filtration rates: a cross-sectional, comparative study

Abstract: BackgroundDespite societal efforts to alleviate the challenges, caregiving seems to constitute a substantial burden and source of stress for many families of older adults in Japan. However, precise information on the physical health of caregivers, based on objective data, is not available. The purpose of this study was to improve the understanding of the physical health of Japanese family caregivers using objective indicators and a comparative research design.MethodsA cross-sectional, comparative study was con… Show more

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“…Due to a lack of service resources, especially for those with high care needs, they might be forced to depend on the informal care of family caregivers. While informal care is important in preventing hospitalization/institutionalization in disabled older people living at home , the care dependence on family caregivers could lead to a care burden and health deterioration of the caregivers …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Due to a lack of service resources, especially for those with high care needs, they might be forced to depend on the informal care of family caregivers. While informal care is important in preventing hospitalization/institutionalization in disabled older people living at home , the care dependence on family caregivers could lead to a care burden and health deterioration of the caregivers …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While informal care is important in preventing hospitalization/institutionalization in disabled older people living at home 17 , the care dependence on family caregivers could lead to a care burden and health deterioration of the caregivers. 18 Among those in the "day care-centered" and "day care with rehabilitation-centered" clusters, there were few older adults who needed medical procedures. This might suggest that those who need medical procedures could not use day care services due to limited medical preparations in those services.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, hypertension and DM share inflammation as a common risk factor. 5 In this study, the association between husbands' DM and risk for hypertension in women was substantially attenuated and became marginally significant after further adjustment for the woman's own risk factors including BMI, PAL, and smoking. Another factor that might explain why the spousal DM is a risk factor for incident hypertension is that spousal DM may be associated with stress and the quality of the marital interactions.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 51%
“…Although the number of male caregivers has increased, the vast majority are still women. Furthermore, many family caregivers feel the burden of caregiving and consequently experience physical and mental health problems (Arai & Washio, 1999;Schulz, Visintainer, & Williamson, 1990;Zarit, Todd, & Zarit, 1986), and Japanese women tend to feel the burdens more heavily (Schofield et al, 1999;Torimoto-sasai, Igarashi, Wada, Ogata, & Yamamoto-Mitani, 2015). In some cases, caregiving affects mortality (Reilly, Rosato, Ferry, Moriarty, & Leavy, 2017;Schulz & Beach, 1999).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%