Mind-Body Practice and Family Caregivers' Subjective Well-Being: Findings From the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study.

Autor: Bhattacharyya KK; Utah State University, Logan, USA., Liu Y; Utah State University, Logan, USA., Gothe NP; University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA.; Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA., Fauth EB; Utah State University, Logan, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Gerontology & geriatric medicine [Gerontol Geriatr Med] 2023 Jul 04; Vol. 9, pp. 23337214231185912. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 04 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1177/23337214231185912
Abstrakt: Objectives: Informal caregiving has been associated with higher stress and lower levels of subjective well-being. Mind-body practices including yoga, tai chi, and Pilates also incorporate stress reducing activities. The current study aimed to examine the association between mind-body practice and subjective well-being among informal family caregivers. Methods: A sample of informal caregivers were identified in the Midlife in the United States study ( N  = 506, M  ±  SD age  = 56 ± 11, 67% women). We coded mind-body practice into three categories, including regular practice (participating in one or more of them "a lot" or "often"), irregular (participating "sometimes" and "rarely") and no practice ("never"). Subjective well-being was measured using the 5-item global life satisfaction scale and the 9-item mindfulness scale. We used multiple linear regression models to examine associations between mind-body practice and caregivers' subjective well-being, controlling for covariates of sociodemographic factors, health, functional status, and caregiving characteristics. Results: Regular practice was associated with both better mindfulness-related well-being ( b  = 2.26, p  < .05) and better life satisfaction ( b  = 0.43, p  < .05), after controlling for covariates. Discussion: Future research should examine whether there is a selection effect of caregivers with higher well-being being more likely to choose these activities, and/or if mind-body practices are effective non-pharmacological interventions to improve family caregivers' quality of life.
Competing Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
(© The Author(s) 2023.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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