From: Quality of life and the related factors in spouses of veterans with chronic spinal cord injury
Characteristics | N (%) | MCS | MANOVA | PCS | MANOVA | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | p | Mean (SD) | p | |||||||
 | Spouses (care giving) | Patient of spinal cord injury | Spouses (care giving) | Patient of spinal cord injury | Spouses (care giving) | Patient of spinal cord injury | Spouses (care giving) | Patient of spinal cord injury | Spouses (care giving) | Patient of spinal cord injury |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≥44 years | 44(61.1) | 17(23.5) | 40.9(13.3) | 54.1(13.6) | 0.92 | >0.001 | 40.2(10.6) | 34.7(26.7) | 0.57 | >0.001 |
< 44 years | 28(38.9) | 55(76.5) | 40.7(12.5) | 48.9(11.3) | 41.3(10.5) | 30.9(8.54) | ||||
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unemployed | 64(88.9) | 56(76.9) | 38.4(13.2) | 49.7(11.7) | 0.08 | >0.001 | 40.9(11.9) | 31.6(15.1) | 0.11 | >0.001 |
Employed | 8(11.1) | 16(23.1) | 47.9(15.6) | 51.3(12.9) | 48.5(11.5) | 32.2(9.96) | ||||
Duration of care-giving | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≥22 years | 24(33.3) | ----- | 39.8(13.3) | ----- | 0.63 | ----- | 40.7(12.5) | ----- | 0.33 | ----- |
<22 years | 48(66.7) | ----- | 38.1(14.6) | ----- | 43.7(10.8) | ----- | ||||
Knee osteoarthritis | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 32(44.4) | ------ | 41.1(14.0) | ------ | 0.30 | ----- | 45.3(11.6) | ----- | 0.015* | ----- |
Yes | 40(55.6) | ----- | 37.8(13.3) | ----- | 38.5(11.5) | |||||
Mechanical back pain | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 40(55.6) | ----- | 41.2 (14) | ----- | 0.19 | ----- | 45.3(11.6) | ----- ----- | 0.004** | ----- |
Yes | 32(44.4) | ----- | 37.09(13.1) | ----- | 37.2(11.8) | |||||
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
High school or less | 71(98.6) | 51(71.1) | 38.1(13.0) | 49.8(12.3) | 0.22 | >0.0001 | 40.5(12.3) | 32.5(14.9) | 0.21 | >0.0001 |
University degree | 1(1.4) | 21(28.9) | 42.2(15.3) | 51.08(10.4) | 44.9(10.9) | 28.9(10.7) | ||||
Number of children | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
>= 2 | 37(51.4) | ----- | 37.4(14.3) | ----- | 0.3 | ------ | 41.1(12.7) | ----- | 0.8 | ------ |
< 2 | 35(48.6) | ------ | 40.5(12.8) | ------ | Â | Â | 40.7(11.2) | ------ | Â | Â |