Stress and well-being of unpaid carers supporting claimants through disability benefit assessments.

Health & Social Care in the Community
Helen Foster, Stamatis Elntib

Abstract

This study assessed the subjective well-being and perceived stress of unpaid carers of disability benefit claimants. A total of 129 carers from the UK were surveyed between July and September 2017, using a cross-sectional design. Carers, who provided unpaid support to sick or disabled friends, family or neighbours in a non-professional capacity, reported here as unpaid carers, were asked to complete a web-based questionnaire comprising of the Perceived Stress-10-item Scale (PSS-10), the Personal Wellbeing Index-Adult (PWI-A), sociodemographic characteristics, the time they spent caring per day and the number of Personal Independence Payment and Work Capability Assessment interviews prepared for and attended by the person they cared for. Hierarchical regression analyses were performed to assess the effects of the number of benefit assessments on stress and well-being scores, controlling for carers' sociodemographic characteristics and the time they spent caring. Analyses revealed that the number of times that claimants were exposed to benefit assessments significantly and negatively predicted unpaid carers' well-being and was positively related to their stress levels. After controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and ho...Continue Reading

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