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Informal Caregiving and Self-Reported Mental and Physical Health: Results From the Gazel Cohort Study

Jean-François Buyck, Sophie Bonnaud, Ariane Boumendil, S. Andrieu, Sébastien Bonenfant, Marcel Goldberg, Marie Zins, Joël Ankri

American Journal of Public Health · 2011 · 89 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

Our findings support the hypothesis that caregiving can have positive effects on health, provided that caregiving activities themselves are not too heavy a burden.

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Relatives of the Impaired Elderly: Correlates of Feelings of Burden

Steven H. Zarit, Karen E. Reever, Julie Bach-Peterson · The Gerontologist · 1980 · 5.6K citations · Full text

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Caregiving as a Risk Factor for Mortality

Richard Schulz, Scott R. Beach · JAMA · 1999 · 3.3K citations

Family Caregiving of Persons With Dementia: Prevalence, Health Effects, and Support Strategies

Richard Schulz, Lynn M. Martire · American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry · 2004 · 1.1K citations

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Caregiving and risk of coronary heart disease in U.S. women

Sunmin Lee, Graham A. Colditz, Lisa Berkman et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2003 · 600 citations · Full text

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Reliability, Validity and Reference Values of the Zarit Burden Interview for Assessing Informal Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Older Persons with Dementia

Réjean Hébert, Gina Bravo, Michel Préville · Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2000 · 536 citations

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