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The Prevalence of Caregiving among Young People

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  • Lawrence T. Lam

    (Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR 999078, China
    Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Mary K. Lam

    (School of Health and Biomedical Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia)

Abstract

With the increasing number of people with chronic diseases and disabilities, the number of family members as caregivers have also been growing. Despite the attention paid to caregiving in recent years, little is known about caregiving among young people, particularly its global prevalence. The lack of information has important implications for health policy and management, resulting in the inability to form appropriate evidence-based policies and managerial decision making. This study aims to derive an estimate of the prevalence of caregiving among young people through a systematic review of the current literature. The results of this study revealed a prevalence of caregiving among younger adolescents of between 1.1% (1.06–1.14%) and 12.0% (11.02–12.98%). However, the assessment of caregiving varies across studies, and all were conducted in developed countries. These results provide information on the burden of caregiving in young people and reveal the lack of global information, calling for more research on and attention to this specific population.

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  • Lawrence T. Lam & Mary K. Lam, 2024. "The Prevalence of Caregiving among Young People," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(5), pages 1-10, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:21:y:2024:i:5:p:621-:d:1394539
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