OBJECTIVES: Individuals with @entity303 due to @entity195 often receive care from family members who experience associated burden. This study provides the first broad, population-based account of caregiving-related health outcome burden in Brazil. METHODS: Data were analyzed from the 2012 National Health and Wellness Survey in Brazil (n   =   12,000), an Internet-based survey of adults (aged 18+   years), using stratified sampling by sex and age to ensure demographic representation of Brazil's adult population. Caregivers of individuals with @entity195 or @entity303 were compared with non-caregivers on comorbidities, productivity impairment, health-related quality of life, resource utilization, sociodemographic/health characteristics and behaviors, and Charlson comorbidity index scores. Regression models assessed outcomes associated with caregiving, adjusting for potential confounds. RESULTS: Among 10,853 respondents, caregivers' (n   =   209) average age was 42.1   years, 53% were female, and 52% were married/living with a partner. Caregivers versus non-caregivers (n   =   10,644) were more frequently obese, smokers, insured, employed, college-educated, and wealthier and had higher Charlson comorbidity index, all p   <   0.05. Adjusting for covariates, caregiving was associated with significantly increased risk of @entity308 (odds ratio [OR]   =   2.008), major @entity308 (OR   =   1.483), @entity148 (OR   =   1.714), @entity22 (OR   =   1.644), @entity101 (OR   =   1.584), @entity158 (OR   =   1.704), and @entity6 (OR   =   2.103), all p   <   0.015. Caregiving was also associated with lower health utilities (-0.024 points) and mental health status (-1.70 points), higher rates of presenteeism-related impairment (32.7% greater) and @entity73 (35.9% greater), and higher traditional provider visit rates (28.7% greater), all p   <   0.035. CONCLUSIONS: Caregiver status was found to be a factor associated with worse health outcomes and @entity146 .

Caregiving for patients with @entity195 or @entity303 and its association with XXXX and clinical comorbidities and other health outcomes in Brazil.

@entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depressive disorder', 'depressive symptoms'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric and clinical disorders'] @entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['dementia'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['overall work impairment'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity195 :: ('MESH:D000544', 'Disease') :: ["Alzheimer's disease"] @entity22 :: ('MESH:D007319', 'Disease') :: ['insomnia']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['psychiatric']
