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dc.contributor.author | Hussain, Rafat | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wark, Stuart | en |
dc.contributor.author | Dillon, Gina | en |
dc.contributor.author | Ryan, Peta | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-26T15:12:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | BMJ Open, 6(9), p. 1-10 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2044-6055 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/19506 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To report on self-reported physical and mental health of informal carers in rural regions of New South Wales, Australia. Methods: A cross-sectional community-based sample (n=222) of carers completed a questionnaire incorporating self-reported measures of health from validated international instruments including Medical Outcomes Study Scale (SF-36), the Centre for Epidemiology-Depression (CES-D) and Kessler-10 (K-10) Psychological Distress Scales, along with information on participant demographics and other key caregiving characteristics such as health condition of care recipient. Results: Rural carers' self-reported health was poor as evident on the SF-36 Physical and Mental Health component scores as well as each individual domain of the SF-36. Results from the CES-D and K-10 scores indicated very high rates of depressive symptoms and psychological distress. Over 70% of carers within the current study had CES-D scores indicative of depressive symptoms. Scores on the K-10 indicate almost half the carers were experiencing high levels of psychological distress, which is over 4 times the rate reported in the general Australian population. Conclusions and implications: Results from this study were compared to Australian population normative data and were found to be significantly below Australian age-matched population norms for SF-36, CES-D and K-10. These findings illustrate the poor health profile of informal carers relative to the general Australian population, especially in terms of depressive symptoms and psychological distress. This highlights the need for additional support for rural carers in order to ease the accumulated mental and physical health burdens of this group. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | BMJ Group | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMJ Open | en |
dc.title | Self-reported physical and mental health of Australian carers: a cross-sectional study | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011417 | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Gold | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Medical and Health Sciences | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Care for Disabled | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Mental Health | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Rafat | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Stuart | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Gina | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Peta | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 111714 Mental Health | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 111703 Care for Disabled | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 920209 Mental Health Services | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 920403 Disability and Functional Capacity | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 920202 Carer Health | en |
local.profile.school | School of Rural Medicine | en |
local.profile.school | School of Rural Medicine | en |
local.profile.school | School of Health | en |
local.profile.school | Intersect Australia | en |
local.profile.email | rhussain@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | swark5@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | gdillon2@une.edu.au | en |
local.profile.email | pryan9@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20160915-085843 | en |
local.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en |
local.identifier.runningnumber | e011417 | en |
local.format.startpage | 1 | en |
local.format.endpage | 10 | en |
local.identifier.scopusid | 84988384109 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 6 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 9 | en |
local.title.subtitle | a cross-sectional study | en |
local.access.fulltext | Yes | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Hussain | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Wark | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Dillon | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Ryan | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:rhussain | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:swark5 | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:gdillon2 | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:pryan9 | en |
local.profile.orcid | 0000-0002-5366-1860 | en |
local.profile.orcid | 0000-0001-9476-7277 | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:19698 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | Self-reported physical and mental health of Australian carers | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Hussain, Rafat | en |
local.search.author | Wark, Stuart | en |
local.search.author | Dillon, Gina | en |
local.search.author | Ryan, Peta | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.identifier.wosid | 000391302900083 | en |
local.year.published | 2016 | en |
local.fileurl.closedpublished | https://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/7e60777d-c704-4fc0-9633-da55ad2d8089 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 520302 Clinical psychology | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 200305 Mental health services | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 200403 Disability and functional capacity | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 200399 Provision of health and support services not elsewhere classified | en |
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