Mental health of young informal carers: a systematic review

L Fleitas Alfonzo; A Singh; G Disney; J Ervin; T King

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Mental health of young informal carers: a systematic review

L Fleitas Alfonzo, A Singh, G Disney, J Ervin, T King

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-022-02333-8

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Abstract

Purpose: This systematic review aims to assess and evaluate quantitative evidence on the association between informal caregiving and mental health in young people. Methods: This review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42021251666). We conducted our search in the following four databases: Medline (PubMed and OVID), EMBASE, PsycInfo and Web of Science. The last search was performed on the 17th of March of 2021. Quantitative studies that focused on carers aged 25 years or less and compared the mental health status of carers and non-carers were eligible for inclusion. Two reviewers independently assessed articles for eligibility and performed the quality assessment using the Risk of Bias tool in N..

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Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo Author

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George Disney Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. LFA is supported by the Research Training Program Scholarship provided by the Australian Commonwealth Government and The University of Melbourne. LFA is also supported by the Melbourne Disability Institute. TK is supported by an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship (DE200100607). GD is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia funded Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (APP1116385).