SINGLE MEASURE

Effect of caring on carer's health

Sweep Title: 2010 - Carers
Dataset: Survey of Carers in Households (SCH)

Question(s)

Has your own health been affected by the care you provide in any of the ways on this card? (FOR ALL RESPONSES, THESE SHOULD BE AS A RESULT OF THE CARING AND NOT FOR OTHER REASONS)

Response scale

Feeling tired
Feeling depressed.
Loss of appetite
Disturbed sleep
General feeling of stress .
Physical strain (e.g. back)
Short tempered/irritable
Had to see own GP
Developed my own health condition
Made an existing condition worse
Other
No, none of these

Participant age 0 - 120
Starts January 2010
Ends January 2011
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Provision;
Informant: Carer
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID SCH-2959