Caregiver burden and parenting stress among left-behind elderly individuals in rural China: a cross-sectional study

One public health problem that cannot be ignored is the mental health of left-behind elderly individuals in rural areas. However, the burden of care and parenting stress among left-behind elderly individuals has never been analyzed. The purpose of this study was to explore the level of caregiver bur...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC public health 2021-05, Vol.21 (1), p.846-846, Article 846
Hauptverfasser: Zhao, Mengjuan, Zhu, Ziqiang, Kong, Chenchen, Zhao, Chunshan
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Zusammenfassung:One public health problem that cannot be ignored is the mental health of left-behind elderly individuals in rural areas. However, the burden of care and parenting stress among left-behind elderly individuals has never been analyzed. The purpose of this study was to explore the level of caregiver burden and parenting stress and their relationship among left-behind elderly individuals. A total of 261 left-behind elderly people responded to the study. The 22-item Zarit Burden Interview and the 36-item Parenting Stress Index-Short Form were used. We sent out 300 questionnaires in total. The effective rate was 87% (n = 261). Among the left-behind elderly individuals, most respondents were female (n = 171; 65.5%). The results showed that older age (OR:3.04; 95%CI: 1.307-7.048), an annual income of ¥5000-¥9900 (OR:3.25; 95%CI: 1.192-8.852) and higher parenting stress (OR:1.17; 95%CI: 1.103-1.242) were the risk factors related to higher caregiver burden in the left-behind elderly individuals. The influencing factor for lower caregiver burden in the left-behind elderly was gender (being male) (OR:0.08; 95%CI:0.036-0.178). Age (r = - 0.789; P 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-021-10892-9