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Association between caregivers' characteristics and older care recipients' well‐being among Vietnamese immigrant families in the United States
Author(s) -
Miyawaki Christina E.,
Liu Minhui,
Markides Kyriakos S.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.22768
Subject(s) - vietnamese , immigration , psychological intervention , medicine , gerontology , family caregivers , dyad , association (psychology) , logistic regression , mental health , health care , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , economics , psychotherapist , history , economic growth
Aims We examined the association between caregivers' psychological status and their older family members' (care recipients) mental health in the Vietnamese American community ( N = 58 dyads). Methods Logistic regression models were used. Results Caregivers and care recipients were on average 53 and 75 years old, immigrated at ages 32 and 51, and had 10 and 6 years of formal education, respectively. Approximately two‐thirds of caregivers provided care for 20+ h/week for 7 years with the majority of care recipients reporting fair or poor health. Care recipients' physical and cognitive health had a significant association with their depressive symptoms. However, care recipients acting as burdened caregivers' “company” helped themselves and felt less depressed (OR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.80, 0.99). Conclusion Leveraging the tradition of Vietnamese multigeneration households, we should promote being a good company to each other that will help the caregiver‐care recipient dyad, as well as their family unit when planning future interventions.