Health Impact of Caring for Elderly Disabled Spouse: Multiple Mediation Model

Yimeng Zhou, Peiqi Xu

2022

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the health impact of caring on caregivers who take care of old disabled spouse in the context of aging population and increasing empty-nest families. With the data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2015 and 2018, linear regression and logistic regression were used to testify the relationship between care provision and physical health of the spouse carers, and a multiple mediation model was employed to explore its formation mechanism. The results verified that caring for elderly disabled spouses is negatively associated with the physical health of the caregivers, and life pattern and mental health had significant mediating effects in this relationship. This article argued that appropriate supports and health promotion plans for the spouse caregivers of disabled elderly were needed in communities to improve their physical and mental health.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zhou Y. and Xu P. (2022). Health Impact of Caring for Elderly Disabled Spouse: Multiple Mediation Model. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economic Management and Model Engineering - Volume 1: ICEMME; ISBN 978-989-758-636-1, SciTePress, pages 641-647. DOI: 10.5220/0012041200003620

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icemme22,
author={Yimeng Zhou and Peiqi Xu},
title={Health Impact of Caring for Elderly Disabled Spouse: Multiple Mediation Model},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economic Management and Model Engineering - Volume 1: ICEMME},
year={2022},
pages={641-647},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012041200003620},
isbn={978-989-758-636-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Economic Management and Model Engineering - Volume 1: ICEMME
TI - Health Impact of Caring for Elderly Disabled Spouse: Multiple Mediation Model
SN - 978-989-758-636-1
AU - Zhou Y.
AU - Xu P.
PY - 2022
SP - 641
EP - 647
DO - 10.5220/0012041200003620
PB - SciTePress