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@ARTICLE{Georges:268462,
author = {Georges, Daniela and Doblhammer, Gabriele},
title = {{I}nformal care and mental health in {G}ermany: {W}hat are
the differences between non-migrants and ethnic {G}erman
immigrants? {A} longitudinal comparative analysis.},
journal = {Aging $\&$ mental health},
volume = {28},
number = {3},
issn = {1360-7863},
address = {London [u.a.]},
publisher = {Taylor $\&$ Francis Group},
reportid = {DZNE-2024-00214},
pages = {436 - 447},
year = {2024},
abstract = {In aging Germany, a large part of care is provided by
informal caregivers. We aimed to analyze the main drivers of
the mental health of caregivers and their intersection with
migration status.Using panel data covering 18 years (n =
25,659 individuals, aged 16 to 103 years; mean age of 49.5
years) and applying linear regression models we investigated
the association between informal caregiving and mental
health. We compared non-migrant Germans (NMG) and ethnic
German immigrants (EGI), who are the oldest immigrant group
in Germany. Informal caregiving was defined as living with a
person in need of care or by providing care for ≥2 h per
day; the main health outcomes were mental health and mental
health changes, measured by a metric scale of six items.Even
accounting for selection into caregiving, short-term care
seemed to be disadvantageous only for NMG, while long-term
care was generally associated with poorer mental health,
with a particular disadvantage for EGI. Socio-economic
characteristics and personality traits affected mental
health changes, but only weakly the caregiving-health
association.Informal caregiving presents a health burden
which is not explained by socio-economic characteristics and
personality, but by migration status. Policies to promote
health in an aging society need to consider differences in
short- and long-term care provision and between migrants and
the non-migrants.},
keywords = {Humans / Caregivers: psychology / Emigrants and Immigrants
/ European People / Germany / Health Promotion / Long-Term
Care / Mental Health / Adolescent / Young Adult / Adult /
Middle Aged / Aged / Aged, 80 and over / Health disparities
(Other) / health inequalities (Other) / long-term care
(Other) / migrant health (Other) / panel analysis (Other)},
cin = {AG Doblhammer},
ddc = {150},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1012002},
pnm = {354 - Disease Prevention and Healthy Aging (POF4-354)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-354},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:37885248},
doi = {10.1080/13607863.2023.2271866},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/268462},
}