@article{ref1,
title="A harmful care: the association of informal caregiver burnout with depression, subjective health, and violence",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2021",
author="Zech, Emmanuelle and Gérain, Pierre",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Providing informal care to a relative can lead to informal caregiver burnout, which is expected to lead to deleterious consequences. Among these consequences lie the  risk of perpetrating violent behaviors against the care-recipient, the caregivers'  risk of depression, and their low subjective health. To investigate these  associations, a sample of 499 informal caregivers completed a questionnaire  addressing informal caregiver burnout, depression, subjective health, and violence. Hierarchical regression models were used to investigate the potential association of  burnout with these potential consequences, while controlling for sociodemographic  variables and received violence. The results show that burnout, and especially  emotional exhaustion, is significantly associated with depression, low subjective  health, and perpetrated physical violence, but not with perpetrated psychological  violence. For both psychological and physical violence, it appears that receiving  violence is one of the best predictors of perpetrating violence. With these results,  this cross-sectional study confirms the association of informal caregiver burnout  with deleterious consequences-even if this observation must be pondered-and the  central role of received violence in predicting perpetrated violence, suggesting the  risk of violence escalation. The implications of these results suggest that the  emotional state of informal caregivers is one of the indicators of potential  deleterious consequences and should, as such, be considered as a warning signal by  field workers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260520983259",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260520983259"
}