Caregiver Load and Telomere Attrition: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study
workplace-stress · Molecular Psychiatry · 2024
High-intensity caregivers lost telomere length equivalent to ~11 years of extra biological ageing over a decade — but perceived support fully buffered the effect.
Authors
Epel ES, Puterman E, Lin J, et al.
Research lens
High-intensity caregivers lost telomere length equivalent to ~11 years of extra biological ageing over a decade — but perceived support fully buffered the effect.
- workplace-stress
- longevity
- burnout
- capacity
- cells