Introduction







During recent decades, life expectancy in technologically-advanced countries has continuously increasedIn Europe, caregiver incidence is rising steadily, and forecasts indicate that 25% of the people in employment will also assume caregiving responsibilities in 2030. Last updated estimates in France reported 9.3 million (14.8%) caregivers in 2021, including 4.3 million of caregivers of the elderly [Caregivers may be supported through different interventions, ideally integrated into usual management. Recent approaches showed that home-based, nurse-led-interventions for caregivers incorporated into primary care improve health-related quality of life (QoL) in caregivers of patients with chronic or disabling conditions [In order to promote caregiver support and wellbeing, careful monitoring of caregiver QoL needs to be performed [This French prospective multicentric cohort of the 