Caregivers

"Caregivers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Persons who provide care to those who need supervision or assistance in illness or disability. They may provide the care in the home, in a hospital, or in an institution. Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients.

Descriptor ID	D017028
MeSH Number(s)	M01.085 M01.526.485.200 N02.360.200
Concept/Terms	Caregivers Caregivers Caregiver Carers Carer Care Givers Care Giver Spouse Caregivers Spouse Caregivers Caregiver, Spouse Caregivers, Spouse Spouse Caregiver Family Caregivers Family Caregivers Caregiver, Family Caregivers, Family Family Caregiver

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Caregivers".

Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Caregivers [M01.085]
Occupational Groups [M01.526]
Health Personnel [M01.526.485]
Caregivers [M01.526.485.200]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Personnel [N02.360]
Caregivers [N02.360.200]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Caregivers".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Caregivers".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Caregivers" by people in this website by year, and whether "Caregivers" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 224 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	1	3
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	1	3
2003	3	2	5
2004	2	2	4
2005	2	1	3
2006	2	1	3
2007	3	0	3
2008	3	1	4
2009	2	0	2
2010	2	0	2
2011	4	1	5
2012	8	2	10
2013	4	2	6
2014	1	5	6
2015	9	3	12
2016	7	2	9
2017	8	3	11
2018	8	2	10
2019	12	6	18
2020	15	8	23
2021	9	12	21
2022	2	10	12
2023	7	9	16
2024	13	5	18
2025	10	4	14

Below are the most recent publications written about "Caregivers" by people in Profiles.

Reuben DB, Stevens AB, Gill TM, Williamson J, Volpi E, Lichtenstein ML, Jennings LA, Galloway R, Summapund J, Araujo K, Bass D, Weitzman L, Tan ZS, Evertson LC, Yang M, Green AS, Samper-Ternent R, Borek P, Xu Y, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ. Patient and Caregiver Outcomes of Health System, Community-Based, and Usual Dementia Care: A Prespecified Analysis of the Dementia Care Study (D-CARE) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Oct 01; 185(10):1227-1236.

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O'Connor L, Ferranto J, Harne AG, Dunkel L, Lindenauer P, Miller B, Mosher C, Martinez F, Soni A. "A good day is just being able to breathe": Aligning COPD research with patient needs, a qualitative study. PLoS One. 2025; 20(9):e0331403.

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Michalopoulos LM, Meinhart M, Walton E, Robertson D, Thompson A, Northrup T, Kim JS, Aggarwal N, Conway A. Development and validation of the Global Post Trauma Symptom Scale-Uganda among trauma-affected adults. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2025 Dec; 16(1):2520635.

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Ragavan MI, Schweiberger K, Palakshappa D, Garg A, Hanmer J, Ray K. Nonresponse to Health-Related Social Needs Screening Items Within Pediatric Primary Care. Pediatrics. 2025 Jul 01; 156(1).

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Ngo V, Shirk SD, Chamberlin ES, Marfeo E, Moo LR. A Visit-Associated Logistics Framework Describing Challenges Faced by Caregivers of Older Adults. Gerontologist. 2025 May 10; 65(6).

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Branley CE, Goulding M, Tisminetzky M, Lemon SC. The association between multimorbidity and food insecurity among US parents, guardians, and caregivers. BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 22; 25(1):1487.

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Porteny T, Lynch M, Covaleski A, Tjia J, Gazarian P, Reich AJ, Perez S, Kennefick K, Weissman JS, Ladin K. Medical decision-making experiences of persons with dementia and their carepartners: a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care. 2025 Apr 09; 24(1):99.

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Wainer AL, Edmunds SR, Carter AS, Stone WL, Sheldrick RC, Broder-Fingert S, Stern YS, Harrington E, V Ibanez L, Ingersoll B. A hybrid type I randomized effectiveness-implementation trial of a Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention in the Part C early intervention system: study protocol. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Apr 01; 25(1):263.

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Reuben DB, Gill TM, Stevens A, Williamson J, Volpi E, Lichtenstein M, Jennings LA, Galloway R, Summapund J, Araujo K, Bass D, Weitzman L, Tan ZS, Evertson L, Yang M, Currie K, Green AS, Godoy S, Abraham S, Reese J, Samper-Ternent R, Hirst RM, Borek P, Charpentier P, Meng C, Dziura J, Xu Y, Skokos EA, He Z, Aiudi S, Peduzzi P, Greene EJ. Health System, Community-Based, or Usual Dementia Care for Persons With Dementia and Caregivers: The D-CARE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 03 18; 333(11):950-961.

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Blok AC, Gauntlett L, Jayaram M, Krein SL. Caregiver and care team perspectives of caregiver psychological distress and well-being during critical care hospitalization: a qualitative study. BMC Geriatr. 2025 Mar 13; 25(1):167.

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