공적돌봄 이용 여부에 따른가족 간병자의 주관적 건강

초록

Self-rated health is a comprehensive indicator of health that indicates individual's biological, psychological, and social health status. Previous studies have reported that family caregivers have poor self-rated health. This paper examined the factors associated with self-rated health of family caregivers using nationally representative data. The caregivers were categorized as users of formal care services and non-users. We performed multivariate logistic regression analysis controlling for family caregivers’ sociodemographic, health and social support characteristics. The results showed that age, depressive symptoms, and physical activity were the factors associated with self-rated health among the family caregivers who used formal care services. As for family caregivers who did not use any formal care services, social network factor affected their self-rated health. More attention needs to be paid to the family caregivers who are vulnerable to negative health outcomes.

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