Social support and subjective burden in caregivers of adults and older adults: A meta-analysis.

Rafael Del-Pino-CasadoAntonio Frías-OsunaPedro A Palomino-MoralMaría Ruzafa-MartínezAntonio J Ramos-Morcillo

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Our findings broadly support interventions promoting social support in caregivers to prevent or alleviate subjective burden, and specifically, to intervene on the promotion of perceived social support more than on the promotion of received social support when preventing or alleviating burden.

Keyphrases

social support
depressive symptoms
palliative care
physical activity
sleep quality
risk factors