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Deterioration of health-related quality of life: the hidden health burden of informal caregiving

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  • Syed Afroz Keramat

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Prianka Maria Sarker

    (University of Maine)

  • Tracy Comans

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Deborah Brooks

    (Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland)

  • Nadeeka N. Dissanayaka

    (Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland)

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Informal caregiving is physically and mentally demanding and may lead to poor health and impaired well-being. We aim to check the effects of informal caregiving on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We utilised longitudinal data from the most recent sixteen waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. We measured HRQoL through the physical component summary (PCS), the mental component summary (MCS), the short-form six-dimension (SF-6D) utility index, and the eight dimensions of the SF-36 health survey. The primary exposure variable is informal caregiving. The variable was categorised into not a caregiver, lighter (

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  • Syed Afroz Keramat & Prianka Maria Sarker & Tracy Comans & Deborah Brooks & Nadeeka N. Dissanayaka, 2025. "Deterioration of health-related quality of life: the hidden health burden of informal caregiving," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 26(8), pages 1415-1438, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:26:y:2025:i:8:d:10.1007_s10198-025-01776-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10198-025-01776-5
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