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  • Valerie Morrison
  • Mikołaj Zarzycki
  • Noa Vilchinsky
    Bar-llan University
  • Robbert Sanderman
    University of Groningen
  • Giovanni Lamura
    National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Ancona
  • Oliver Fisher
    National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Ancona
  • Giulia Ferraris
    University of Groningen
  • Saif Elayan
    University of Groningen
  • Erik Buskens
    University of Groningen
  • Eva Bei
    Bar-llan University
  • Anne Looijmans
    University of Groningen
  • Viola Angelini
    University of Groningen
  • Mariët Hagedoorn
    University of Groningen
Informal caregivers are those who provide unpaid care to a relative or friend with a chronic illness, disability or other long-lasting health or care need. Providing informal care in the context of chronic health conditions presents a significant global challenge. Examination of the determinants of informal caregivers’ behaviour, especially in terms of motivations and willingness to provide/receive care, is crucial to understanding the nature of caregiver and care recipient experiences. A large group of international researchers have co-operated to execute the ENTWINE iCohort-a multinational, transdisciplinary, longitudinal study incorporating intensive methods to examine caregiver experiences in the context of chronic health conditions. The aim of ENTWINE-iCohort is to investigate the broad spectrum of factors, i.e., cultural, personal, geographical, relational, psychological, and economic that may affect motivations, willingness to provide or receive care, among diverse groups of informal caregivers and their care recipients, in different countries that have different care systems. Study questionnaires will be disseminated on-line in nine countries: Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and the UK. Cross-sectional and longitudinal multivariate analysis, including intensive longitudinal and dyadic data analysis will be applied to examine the relative contribution of the above factors to caregiver or care recipient wellbeing

Keywords

  • informal caregiving, multinational, caregiver motivations, wellbeing
Original languageEnglish
Article number821
JournalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jan 2022

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