The situation of informal caregivers of working age in the COVID-19 pandemic-results of an online survey in Germany

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have posed major challenges to different groups. One of these are informal caregivers. This study investigates the changes the pandemic has caused for informal caregivers and the extent to which quality of life and burden of care have changed for specific su...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2023-03, Vol.66 (3), p.265-274
Hauptverfasser:	Wiegelmann, Henrik, Hess, Moritz, Domhoff, Dominik, Heinze, Franziska, Schmidt, Annika, Seibert, Kathrin, Stolle, Claudia, Preuß, Benedikt, Rothgang, Heinz, Wolf-Ostermann, Karin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	ger
Schlagworte:	Caregivers Cost of Illness COVID-19 - epidemiology Cross-Sectional Studies Female Germany - epidemiology Humans Pandemics Quality of Life Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:	The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have posed major challenges to different groups. One of these are informal caregivers. This study investigates the changes the pandemic has caused for informal caregivers and the extent to which quality of life and burden of care have changed for specific subgroups. Data for this cross-sectional study was gathered in the summer of 2020 in a convenient sample of informal caregivers (
ISSN:	1437-1588
DOI:	10.1007/s00103-023-03659-7