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## Abstract During the COVID-19 outbreak, the care services interruption/delay resulted in increased amount of care for informal caregivers of older people with long-term care needs. This study aimed at understanding how the Pandemic affected physical health, mental well-being and quality of life of older people’ informal caregivers of different ages and to what extent starting caregiving affected such life realms among new caregivers. An online survey was carried out in Winter 2020–2021 targeted to informal caregivers living in 16 European countries. A sub-sample of 848 adult (aged 18–64) was compared to another of 542 older (over 65) informal caregivers. People who started caring during the Pandemic were also identified and the impact of the Pandemic on the three life realms of this group were analysed separately by gender and age. The differences between the two groups of adult and older caregivers were estimated using logistic regression, adjusted for potential confounders. Analyses were repeated after propensity score matching. During the second Pandemic wave hitting Europe in Winter 2020-21, regardless of age, being female entailed a worsening in physical health, mental well-

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Author

Marco Socci; Mirko Di Rosa; Sabrina Quattrini; Giovanni Lamura; Elizabeth Hanson; Lennart Magnusson; Stecy Yghemonos; Giulia Cavrini; Andrea Teti; Sara Santini

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2024

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)