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Age-dependency in mortality of family caregivers : a nationwide register-based study (2021)


Mikkola, T. M., Kautiainen, H., Mänty, M., von Bonsdorff, M. B., Kröger, T., & Eriksson, J. G. (2021). Age-dependency in mortality of family caregivers : a nationwide register-based study. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 33(7), 1971-1980. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01728-4


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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Mikkola, Tuija M.; Kautiainen, Hannu; Mänty, Minna; von Bonsdorff, Mikaela B.; Kröger, Teppo; Eriksson, Johan G.

Lehti tai sarja: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

ISSN: 1594-0667

eISSN: 1720-8319

Julkaisuvuosi: 2021

Volyymi: 33

Lehden numero: 7

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 1971-1980

Kustantaja: Springer

Julkaisumaa: Italia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01728-4

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Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Osittain avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/72251


Tiivistelmä

Background: Evidence on family caregivers' health is conflicting.

Aim: To investigate all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Finnish family caregivers providing high-intensity care and to assess whether age modifies the association between family caregiver status and mortality using data from multiple national registers.

Methods: The data include all individuals, who received family caregiver's allowance in Finland in 2012 (n = 42,256, mean age 67 years, 71% women) and a control population matched for age, sex, and municipality of residence (n = 83,618). Information on dates and causes of death between 2012 and 2017 were obtained from the Finnish Causes of Death Register.

Results: Family caregivers had lower all-cause mortality than the controls over the follow-up (8.1 vs. 11.6%) both among women (socioeconomic status adjusted hazard ratio [HR]: 0.64, 95% CI 0.61-0.68) and men (adjusted HR: 0.73, 95% CI 0.70-0.77). When modelling all-cause mortality as a function of age, younger caregivers had only slightly lower or equal mortality to their controls, but older caregivers had markedly lower mortality than their controls, up to more than 10% lower. Caregivers had a lower mortality rate for all the causes of death studied, namely cardiovascular, cancer, neurological, external, respiratory, gastrointestinal and dementia. The lowest risk was for dementia (subhazard ratio = 0.29, 95% CI 0.25-0.34).

Conclusions: Older family caregivers had lower mortality than the age-matched general population while mortality did not differ according to caregiver status in young adulthood. This age-dependent advantage in mortality is likely to reflect the selection of healthier individuals into the family caregiver role.


YSO-asiasanat: omaishoitajat; ikääntyneet; ikääntyminen; kuolleisuus; kuolemansyyt

Vapaat asiasanat: aging; cause of death; family caregiver; informal caregiver; mortality; register-based study.


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OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2021

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