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 158 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 15 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	1	2	3
2004	2	1	3
2005	1	1	2
2006	2	1	3
2007	1	2	3
2008	2	0	2
2009	1	2	3
2010	5	2	7
2011	5	2	7
2012	3	5	8
2013	4	4	8
2014	6	1	7
2015	3	3	6
2016	7	3	10
2017	10	1	11
2018	3	3	6
2019	5	4	9
2020	6	2	8
2021	4	5	9
2022	9	6	15
2023	4	1	5
2024	6	3	9
2025	5	5	10
2026	1	0	1

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

Teteh-Brooks DK, Love M, Ewing AP, Ferrell B, Okunowo O, Shin A, Erhunmwunsee L, Montgomery SB, Raz D, Kittles R, Kim JY, Sun V. Social determinants of health in lung cancer surgery: perspectives from family caregivers, clinicians, and healthcare system administrators. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1681825.

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Boutelle KN, Eichen DM, Manzano M, Crespo NC, Rivera-I?iguez I, Castro E, Strong DR, Newell I, Reed K, Marquez B, Rhee KE. Design of the FRESH-LC study: Caregivers as the agent of change for childhood obesity and chronic disease risk among Latino families. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 Feb; 161:108191.

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Reblin M, Wells KJ, Zebrack BJ, Witte D, Byrne MM. Associations of Critical Relationships With Distress and Burden in Caregivers of Patients With Brain Tumor. Psychooncology. 2025 Nov; 34(11):e70332.

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Cerino ES, McCoy MC, Martinez M, Seaton TJ, Dopson R, Anderson TJ, Porter G, Shannon FR, Livingston RA, Black AD, Mogle J, Lucero L, McCarthy MJ. Supporting Individuals With Cognitive Impairment and Family Members in Rural Communities: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Digital Health Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Oct 06; 14:e77958.

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Pomeroy J, Mallya UG, Yang M, Huber C, Greatsinger A, Hagopian E, Haqq AM. Psychometric evaluation of novel hyperphagia questionnaires in a real-world setting for patients with a rare MC4R pathway disease. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Aug 22; 20(1):452.

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McClain AC, Castro RJ, Helm JL, Isasi CR, Perreira KM, Mattei J, Ayala GX, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Sotres-Alvarez D, Daviglus M, Van Horn L, Talavera GA, Gallo LC. Characterizing household food security status, perceived neighborhood food environment, and food shopping behaviors among caregivers of children in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Youth ancillary study (SOL Youth). Health Place. 2025 Sep; 95:103503.

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Ramirez A, V?zquez E, Tovar A, Zimmer A, Carlos C, Carrillo D, Cheney AM. Understanding the role of mothers and other caregivers in the context of infant feeding using the family ecological model. Appetite. 2025 Oct 01; 214:108205.

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Malek J, Levchenko A, Robinson JO, Fong J, Lin CR, Jackson GR, Blumenthal-Barby J, Shulman JM, McGuire AL. Dilemmas in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease: The peril and promise of self-fulfilling prophecies. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Jun; 105(3):736-739.

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Ko E, Valadez Galindo A, Avila M, Wells KJ, Van Bebber A, Gamino M, Martinez J, Cartmell A. Cancer-related financial toxicity among Latinas with breast cancer in a rural area of the United States: a qualitative study. BMC Womens Health. 2025 Apr 15; 25(1):182.

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Bakas T, Miller E, Sucharew H, Kreitzer N, Israel J, Rota M, Harnett B, Dunning K, Jones H, McCarthy M, Brehm B, Austin JK, Mitchell PH. Examining the Efficacy of the Telehealth Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK III) Intervention for Stroke Caregivers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Mar 25; 14:e67219.

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