Mental wellbeing in bereaved carers: A Health Survey for England population study

Hodiamont, Farina; Allgar, Victoria; Currow, David C.; Johnson, Miriam J.

Abstract

Objectives: The experience of caregiving may affect carers' well-being into bereavement. We explored associations between mental well-being and previous experience of bereavement of, and caring for, someone close at the end-of-life. Methods: An end-of-life set of questions was included in population-based household survey administered to adults (age 16 years and above). We used univariable regression to explore the cross-sectional relationship between our primary outcome (Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)) and possible explanatory variables: sociodemographic; death and bereavement including ability to continue with their life; disease and carer characteristics; service use and caregiving experience. Results: The analysis dataset included 7606 of whom 5849 (77%) were not bereaved, 1174 (15%) were bereaved but provided no care and 583 (8%) were bereaved carers. WEMWBS was lower in the oldest age class (85 years and above) in both bereaved groups compared with not bereaved (p

Citation

Hodiamont, F., Allgar, V., Currow, D. C., & Johnson, M. J. (in press). Mental wellbeing in bereaved carers: A Health Survey for England population study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001957

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 21, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Sep 6, 2019
• Deposit Date: Sep 23, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 24, 2019
• Journal: BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care
• Print ISSN: 2045-435X
• Electronic ISSN: 2045-4368
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-001957
• Keywords: Mental well-being; Bereavement; WEMWBS; Carers; Caregiving
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2739644
• Publisher URL: https://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2019/08/31/bmjspcare-2019-001957
• Contract Date: Sep 23, 2019