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The association between informal caregiving and behavioral risk factors: a cross-sectional study

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  • Sophie Gottschalk

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

  • Hans-Helmut König

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

  • Christian Brettschneider

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

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Objectives This study aimed to compare informal caregivers/dementia caregivers to non-caregivers regarding alcohol consumption, smoking behavior, obesity, and insufficient physical activity and to identify caregiving-related factors (caregiving intensity, length of caregiving, relationship to the care recipient, and type of caregiving task) which are associated with behavioral risk factors in caregivers/dementia caregivers. Methods Using cross-sectional data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we performed the statistical analyses applying logistic regression models and accounted for confounding using the entropy balancing approach. Results For caregivers (n = 12,044), the odds of overweight/obesity and smoking were higher (OR = 1.14/1.34, p

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  • Sophie Gottschalk & Hans-Helmut König & Christian Brettschneider, 0. "The association between informal caregiving and behavioral risk factors: a cross-sectional study," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 0, pages 1-11.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v::y::i::d:10.1007_s00038-020-01402-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-020-01402-6
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