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. 2022 Nov;30(6):e3629-e3642.
doi: 10.1111/hsc.14003. Epub 2022 Sep 7.

Cultural factors associated with burden in unpaid caregivers of older adults: A systematic review

Madson Alan Maximiano-Barreto  1 , Ludmyla Caroline de Souza Alves  2 , Diana Quirino Monteiro  2 , Aline Cristina Martins Gratão  2   3 , Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini  2   3 , Bruna Moretti Luchesi  4 , Marcos Hortes Nisihara Chagas  1   5
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Cultural factors associated with burden in unpaid caregivers of older adults: A systematic review

Madson Alan Maximiano-Barreto et al. Health Soc Care Community. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

The aim of the present systematic review was to investigate cultural factors associated with burden in unpaid caregivers of older adults. Searches were conducted in the Pubmed, Web of Science, PsycInfo, Scopus, Embase, LILACs and SciELO databases for relevant articles published in English, Portuguese and Spanish using the search terms 'Caregiver AND Culture AND (Burnout OR Caregiver Burden) AND Aged'. No restriction was imposed regarding year of publication. A total of 1234 articles were identified, 34 of which were selected for the present review. The following sociodemographic characteristics were associated with burden: being female, married, White caregivers, young and the spouse of the care recipient; having no siblings; having low schooling and low economic status. Cultural factors associated with burden were living with the care recipient, not professing a religion or having little spirituality, familism (i.e. less reciprocity) and an absence of social support. The present findings underscore the importance of developing intervention strategies that consider cultural factors to minimise the negative impacts of care on unpaid caregivers of older adults.

Keywords: caregiver burden; culture; family caregiving; older adults; systematic review.

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