Recent studies have projected an increase in aging informal caregivers who are often dealing with their frailty. However, little is known about their health, caregiving factors, or coping resources that promote health. Informed by lifespan perspective and health behavior models, this study examined the gender differences in health and caregiving profiles of aging informal caregivers and investigated the association between leisure activity and unhealthy days. A sample of 565 informal caregivers (>50 years) was drawn from the Oregon version of the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Descriptive analyses revealed that the caregivers were mainly women between 60 and 69, White non-Hispanic, married, college graduates, retired and healthinsured. Negative binomial regression showed that leisure activities were related to fewer odds of reporting unhealthy days for most comparison scenarios. Findings emphasize the importance of accounting for group differences and similarities in understanding health and caregiving factors among informal caregivers.

最近的研究预测，老龄化的非正式护理人员会增加，他们经常处理自己的虚弱问题。然而，人们对他们的健康、照顾因素或促进健康的应对资源知之甚少。根据寿命观点和健康行为模型，本研究检查了老年非正式护理人员在健康和护理方面的性别差异，并调查了休闲活动与不健康日子之间的关系。从 2017 年行为风险因素监测系统的俄勒冈版本中抽取了 565 名非正式护理人员（>50 岁）的样本。描述性分析显示，照顾者主要是 60 至 69 岁的女性、非西班牙裔白人、已婚、大学毕业生、退休和有健康保险的人。负二项式回归表明，在大多数比较情景中，休闲活动与报告不健康天数的几率较低有关。研究结果强调了在了解非正式护理人员的健康和护理因素方面考虑群体差异和相似性的重要性。