Is caregiving hazardous to one's physical health? A meta-analysis.

By P. Vitaliano, Jianping Zhang, J. Scanlan. Psychological bulletin, 2003

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Fears of compassion: development of three self-report measures. (2011, background): “Vitaliano, Zhang, and Scanlan (2003) found that caring and efforts to be compassionate could have detrimental effects on health if caring was seen as obligatory and if the perceived demands exceeded resources.”
Gender differences in caregiver stressors, social resources, and health: an updated meta-analysis. (2006, methodology): “Gender Differences: Caregiving-Specific Versus Caregiving-Unspecific It has been suggested that gender differences in caregiver health may merely reflect gender differences in population health (e.g., Vitaliano et al., 2003).”
2016 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures (2016, neutral): “Dementia caregivers were more likely than non-caregivers to report that their health was fair or poor [228].”
Racial and ethnic estimates of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the United States (2015–2060) in adults aged ≥65 years (2018, background): “Caregivers experience physical health problems [35] and higher rates of depression and psychological stress [36], and they have a higher risk of mortality [37].”
2013 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures (2013, neutral): “Dementia caregivers weremore likely than noncaregivers to report that their health was fair or poor [145].”