Key result
Hypertension caregiving literature prioritizes patient outcomes, leaving major gaps in caregiver health.
Why the study?
Hypertension management is challenging in older individuals who face increased risks of falls and treatment side effects, prompting a review of caregiving challenges.
Systematic Review (n=27)
This scoping review highlights a significant gap in the literature regarding the well-being of informal caregivers for older adults with hypertension, with most research focusing instead on care recipient outcomes.
BackgroundHypertension management is challenging older individuals who are at an increased risk of falls and treatment side effects.ObjectiveScoping review of scientific literature on challenges of caregiving for older adults with hypertension.MethodsWe followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Guidelines for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Open Science framework protocol registration number: DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/9U5PY. We used the Covidence platform for review management and searched eight public health databases including Ovid MEDLINE and others.ResultsWe identified 1,869 studies for title and abstract screening. Of these, 47 underwent full-text review, and 27 studies underwent full abstraction. Many studies (16/27) were observational, 10 tested interventions, and one was a secondary analysis of trial data. Two of 10 interventional trials focused on caregiver well-being; remainder focused on care recipient outcomes. Five of 16 observational studies examined caregiver well-being, one examined caregiving costs, and 10 studies focused on care recipient outcomes.
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Lakshminarayan et al. (2026) conducted a systematic review in Hypertension in older adults (caregiving challenges) (n=27). Informal caregiving was evaluated on Challenges of caregiving, caregiver well-being, and care recipient outcomes. Most studies on caregiving for older adults with hypertension focused on care recipient outcomes, with a significant lack of research addressing caregiver well-being or health.
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