Skip to main content

Table 2 Young carer's problems [25, 26] covered by HRQOL domains/factors

From: The use of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents as an outcome criterion to evaluate family oriented support for young carers in Germany: an integrative review of the literature

Young carer's problems

HRQOL domains

having no one to talk to

social domain: peers, emotional domain

lack of freetime

social domain: leisure, emotional domain

living in secrecy

social domain: social life and support

social isolation

social domain: social life and support

decreasing school performance

social domain: school, mental domain

strong parental attachment

social domain: family/autonomy

loneliness, sadness, fear and shame

emotional domain: moods

physical and mental exhaustion

physical domain: functioning, mental domain