Open AccessInformal Caregiving, Chronic Physical Conditions, and Physical Multimorbidity in 48 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Author(s) -
Louis Jacob,
Hans Oh,
Lee Smıth,
Josep María Haro,
Davy Vancampfort,
Brendon Stubbs,
Sarah E Jackson,
Lee Smith,
Ai Koyanagi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series a, biological sciences and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glaa017
Subject(s) - odds ratio , confidence interval , odds , logistic regression , multimorbidity , medicine , demography , cross sectional study , gerontology , mental health , environmental health , psychiatry , population , pathology , sociology
The health of the caregivers is crucial to sustain informal care provision, while multimorbidity is an important health risk concept. However, studies on the association between informal caregiving and physical multimorbidity are currently lacking. Therefore, we investigated this association in adults from 48 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).