The association between informal caregiving and behavioral risk factors: a cross-sectional study.
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SUBMITTER: Gottschalk S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7426287 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
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The association between informal caregiving and behavioral risk factors: a cross-sectional study.
Gottschalk Sophie S König Hans-Helmut HH Brettschneider Christian C
International journal of public health 20200609 6
<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to compare informal caregivers/dementia caregivers to non-caregivers regarding alcohol consumption, smoking behavior, obesity, and insufficient physical activity and to identify caregiving-related factors (caregiving intensity, length of caregiving, relationship to the care recipient, and type of caregiving task) which are associated with behavioral risk factors in caregivers/dementia caregivers.<h4>Methods</h4>Using cross-sectional data from the Behavioral Ri ...[more]
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