Table 1 Characteristics of caregivers included in the study sample

Gender (n = 24)

Female

18 (75)

Male

6 (25)

Educational attainment, years of schooling (mean ± SD; n = 24)

8.22 ± 4

Relationship to care recipient (n = 24)

Mother

16 (66.6)

Father

6 (25)

Grandmother

1 (4.1)

Maternal Stepmother

1 (4.1)

Number of patients with OI in caregiver’s care

1

22 (91.6)

2

1 (4.1)

3

1 (4.1)

OI type of care recipient (n=27)

I

10 (37)

III

4 (16.8)

IV

13 (48.14)

Socioeconomic class (n = 24)

B2

1 (4.1)

C1

3 (12.5)

C2

4 (16.7)

D

14 (58.3)

E

2 (8.3)