Bhattacharyya Kallol Kumar, Liu Yin, Gothe Neha P, Fauth Elizabeth B
Utah State University, Logan, USA.
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA.
Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2023 Jul 4;9:23337214231185912. doi: 10.1177/23337214231185912. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.
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. A sample of informal caregivers were identified in the Midlife in the United States study ( = 506, ± = 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. Regular practice was associated with both better mindfulness-related well-being ( = 2.26, < .05) and better life satisfaction ( = 0.43, < .05), after controlling for covariates. 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.
非正式照料与更高的压力和更低的主观幸福感相关。包括瑜伽、太极和普拉提在内的身心锻炼也包含减轻压力的活动。当前的研究旨在探讨非正式家庭照料者的身心锻炼与主观幸福感之间的关联。在美国中年研究中确定了一个非正式照料者样本(n = 506,年龄±标准差= 56±11岁,67%为女性)。我们将身心锻炼分为三类,包括经常锻炼(“大量”或“经常”参与其中一项或多项)、不经常锻炼(“有时”和“很少”参与)和不锻炼(“从不”)。使用5项全球生活满意度量表和9项正念量表来测量主观幸福感。我们使用多元线性回归模型来检验身心锻炼与照料者主观幸福感之间的关联,并控制社会人口学因素、健康状况、功能状态和照料特征等协变量。在控制协变量后,经常锻炼与更好的正念相关幸福感(β = 2.26,p <.05)和更好的生活满意度(β = 0.43,p <.05)均相关。未来的研究应探讨是否存在幸福感较高的照料者更有可能选择这些活动的选择效应,以及/或者身心锻炼是否是改善家庭照料者生活质量的有效非药物干预措施。