caa a22 4500 606178163 CHVBK 20210128100755.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-014-0874-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-014-0874-6 The relationship among caregiving characteristics, caregiver strain, and health-related quality of life: evidence from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin [Elektronische Daten] [Kristin Litzelman, Halcyon Skinner, Ronald Gangnon, F. Nieto, Kristen Malecki, Whitney Witt] Purpose: In order to better understand how family caregiving may contribute to poor health outcomes, this study sought to determine (1) if and to what extent caregiving characteristics were associated with caregiver strain and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and (2) whether caregiver strain mediated this association. Methods: Data were from the 2008-2010 Survey of the Health of Wisconsin, a representative sample of Wisconsin adults aged 21-74years. Participants completed questionnaires about their caregiving, sociodemographics, and HRQoL; 264 caregivers were identified. Staged generalized additive models assessed the associations among caregiving characteristics, caregiver strain, and HRQoL; survey weights were applied to account for the complex sampling design. Results: More hours per week of care and greater duration of caregiving were associated with higher levels of strain. Greater caregiver strain was in turn associated with worse mental HRQoL. However, most caregiving characteristics were not directly associated with mental or physical HRQoL. Conclusions: The findings suggest a chains-of-risk model in which caregiving may increase strain, which may in turn adversely influence mental HRQoL. Using this perspective to refine interventions may improve our ability to support caregivers on practice and policy levels. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014 Caregiver strain nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Population-based nationallicence Lifecourse nationallicence Litzelman Kristin Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut Skinner Halcyon Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut Gangnon Ronald Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut Nieto F. Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut Malecki Kristen Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut Witt Whitney Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/6(2015-06-01), 1397-1406 0962-9343 24:6<1397 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0874-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0874-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Litzelman Kristin Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Skinner Halcyon Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gangnon Ronald Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nieto F. Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Malecki Kristen Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Witt Whitney Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/6(2015-06-01), 1397-1406 0962-9343 24:6<1397 2015 24 11136