Scoping Review of 141 Studies on Caregiver Spillover Effects

A scoping review synthesizes 141 studies on spillover effects in healthcare economic evaluations. It maps measures and methods for assessing impacts on caregivers and families, published from 2017 to 2025. The review identifies mechanisms, mediators, and moderators to inform future survey design.

Use Cases

• Analyze the interplay of mediating factors like psychological, social, and relational variables on caregiver outcomes.
• Examine the moderating influences of coping, spirituality, support systems, and caregiving intensity on spillover effects.
• Compare methodological approaches for valuing societal and economic spillovers, including informal care time and productivity loss.
• Map the use of generic, caregiver-specific, and disease-specific tools for capturing perceived and measurable spillover impacts.

Strengths

• Synthesizes findings from 141 distinct studies meeting inclusion criteria.
• Covers a defined publication time range from 2017 to 2025.
• Applies structured frameworks (Participants, Concept, Context) and reporting guidelines (PRISMA-ScR).

Limitations

• The dataset is a review summary (13.5 KB), not the raw data from the 141 primary studies.
• Scope is limited to studies published in English from four specific databases.
• Findings are based on the authors' synthesis and interpretation of the included literature.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Tho T. H. Dang.

Collection Method

Scoping review via systematic search of PubMed, APA PsycInfo, CINAHL Complete, and EconLit.

Time Range

Studies published from 2017 to 2025.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.