Family caregiving and emotional strain: associations with quality of life in a large national sample of middle-aged and older adults.

Purpose: This study examined the quality of life correlates of family caregiving and caregiving strain in a large national epidemiological sample.

Methods: Structured telephone interviews were conducted with 43,099 participants as part of the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Participants completed the 12-item short form health survey (SF-12) and brief measures of depressive symptoms, social contacts, and caregiving strain.

Estimated 10-year stroke risk by region and race in the United States: geographic and racial differences in stroke risk.

Objective: Black individuals younger than 75 years have more than twice the risk for stroke death than whites in the United States. Regardless of race, stroke death is approximately 50% greater in the "stroke belt" and "stroke buckle" states of the Southeastern United States. We assessed geographic and racial differences in estimated 10-year stroke risk.