The Impact of Caregiving Intensity and Religiosity on Spousal Caregivers’ Health and Mortality in the US (2004–2014)

Religiosity may buffer adverse effects of caregiving on health and mortality for spousal caregivers. Continuation of prior religiosity may enhance positive aspects of caregiving and decrease caregiver burden

Family caregivers · Logistic regression · Mental health · Multinomial logistic regression · Psychiatry · Religiosity · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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