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Table 1 Characteristics of the seventy-two caregiver spouses and their seventy-two husbands with chronic spinal cord injury

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

          

≥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

          

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

          

≥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

          

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

          

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

          

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

          

>= 2

37(51.4)

-----

37.4(14.3)

-----

0.3

------

41.1(12.7)

-----

0.8

------

< 2

35(48.6)

------

40.5(12.8)

------

  

40.7(11.2)

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  1. *Statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
  2. **Statistically significant at the 0.01 level.