Caregivers

"Caregivers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Persons who provide care to those who need supervision or assistance in illness or disability. They may provide the care in the home, in a hospital, or in an institution. Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients.

Descriptor ID	D017028
MeSH Number(s)	M01.085 M01.526.485.200 N02.360.200
Concept/Terms	Caregivers Caregivers Caregiver Carers Carer Care Givers Care Giver Spouse Caregivers Spouse Caregivers Caregiver, Spouse Caregivers, Spouse Spouse Caregiver Family Caregivers Family Caregivers Caregiver, Family Caregivers, Family Family Caregiver

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Caregivers".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Caregivers [M01.085]
Occupational Groups [M01.526]
Health Personnel [M01.526.485]
Caregivers [M01.526.485.200]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Personnel [N02.360]
Caregivers [N02.360.200]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Caregivers".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Caregivers".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Caregivers" by people in this website by year, and whether "Caregivers" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 62 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2000	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	2	0	2
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	4	2	6
2009	3	1	4
2010	7	1	8
2011	4	1	5
2012	0	4	4
2013	3	1	4
2014	1	2	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	2	1	3
2017	3	3	6
2019	1	0	1
2020	2	1	3
2021	2	2	4
2022	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Caregivers" by people in Profiles.

Milliron BJ, Packel L, Dychtwald D, Klobodu C, Pontiggia L, Ogbogu O, Barksdale B, Deutsch J. When Eating Becomes Torturous: Understanding Nutrition-Related Cancer Treatment Side Effects among Individuals with Cancer and Their Caregivers. Nutrients. 2022 Jan 14; 14(2).

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Chung J, Boyle J, Pretzer-Aboff I, Knoefel J, Young HM, Wheeler DC. Using a GPS Watch to Characterize Life-Space Mobility in Dementia: A Dyadic Case Study. J Gerontol Nurs. 2021 Oct; 47(10):15-22.

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Fields B, Rodakowski J, Jewell VD, Arthanat S, Park M, Piersol CV, Schepens Niemiec SL, Womack J, Mroz TM. Unpaid Caregiving and Aging in Place in the United States: Advancing the Value of Occupational Therapy. Am J Occup Ther. 2021 Sep 01; 75(5).

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Hossain S, Beydoun MA, Evans MK, Zonderman AB, Kuczmarski MF. Caregiver Status and Diet Quality in Community-Dwelling Adults. Nutrients. 2021 May 26; 13(6).

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Baddour K, Mady LJ, Schwarzbach HL, Sabik LM, Thomas TH, McCoy JL, Tobey A. Exploring caregiver burden and financial toxicity in caregivers of tracheostomy-dependent children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Jun; 145:110713.

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Gray-Miceli D, Bouchaud M, Mitchell AB, DiDonato S, Siegal J. Caught off guard by covid-19: Now what? Geriatr Nurs. 2020 Nov - Dec; 41(6):1020-1024.

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Jutkowitz E, Gozalo P, Trivedi A, Mitchell L, Gaugler JE. The Effect of Physical and Cognitive Impairments on Caregiving. Med Care. 2020 07; 58(7):601-609.

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Stillman MD, Capron M, Alexander M, Di Giusto ML, Scivoletto G. COVID-19 and spinal cord injury and disease: results of an international survey. Spinal Cord Ser Cases. 2020 04 15; 6(1):21.

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Gaugler JE, Zmora R, Mitchell LL, Finlay JM, Peterson CM, McCarron H, Jutkowitz E. Six-Month Effectiveness of Remote Activity Monitoring for Persons Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: An Experimental Mixed Methods Study. Gerontologist. 2019 01 09; 59(1):78-89.

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Diefenbeck CA, Klemm PR, Hayes ER. "Anonymous Meltdown": Content Themes Emerging in a Nonfacilitated, Peer-only, Unstructured, Asynchronous Online Support Group for Family Caregivers. Comput Inform Nurs. 2017 Dec; 35(12):630-638.

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