Table 1 Characteristics of patients and family caregivers (n = 309)
From: Factors associated with the quality of life of family caregivers for leukemia patients in China
Characteristics | Caregivers | Patients |
|---|---|---|
Gender (n, %) | ||
Male | 140 (45.3%) | 145 (46.9%) |
Female | 169 (54.7%) | 164 (53.1%) |
Age (years, mean±SD) | 41.1±10. 8 | 35.4±20.8 |
Ethnicity | ||
Han | 299 (96.8%) | 295 (95.5%) |
Other | 10 (3.2%) | 14 (4.5%) |
Types of leukemia (n, %) | ||
ALL | 96 (31.1%) | |
AML | 163 (52.8%) | |
CLL | 8 (2.6%) | |
CML | 42 (13.6%) | |
Duration since diagnosis (Month, Mean±SD) | 21.2±18.4 | |
Duration of caregiving (Month, Mean±SD) | 15.4±6.9 | |
Hours of caregiveing per day(Hour, Mean±SD) | 17.8±7.2 | |
Understand of disease (n, %) | ||
Incompletely | 7 (2.3%) | |
Partial | 192 (62.1%) | |
Completely | 110 (35.6%) | |
Medical insurance (n, %) | ||
Yes | 280 (90.6%) | |
No | 29 (9.4%) | |
Annual household income (Yuan) | ||
≤40,000 | 168 (54.4%) | |
40,001–79,999 | 131 (42.4%) | |
≥80,000 | 10 (3.2%) | |
Relationship to patient (n, %) | ||
Spouse | 114 (36.9%) | |
Parent | 136 (44.0%) | |
Child | 43 (13.9%) | |
Other | 16 (5.2%) | |
Level of education (n, %) | ||
No more than primary school | 39 (12.6%) | |
Middle or high school | 204 (66.0%) | |
University | 66 (21.4%) | |
Marital status (n, %) | ||
Married | 291 (94.2%) | |
Other | 18 (5.8%) | |
Employment (n, %) | ||
Employed | 238 (77.0%) | |
Retired | 22 (7.1%) | |
Unemployed | 49 (15.9%) | |
Religious belief (n, %) | ||
No | 263 (85.1%) | |
Yes | 46 (14.9%) | |
Anxiety (Mean±SD) | 10.8±2.3 | |
Normal(n, %) | 24(7.8%) | |
Mild(n, %) | 119(38.5%) | |
Moderate (n, %) | 149(48.2%) | |
Severe(n, %) | 17(5.5%) | |
Depression (Mean±SD) | 8.19±2.2 | |
Normal (n, %) | 112(36.2%) | |
Mild (n, %) | 132(42.7%) | |
Moderate (n, %) | 65(21.0%) | |
Severe (n, %) | 0(0%) | |
Social support (Mean±SD) | 37.0±8.0 | |
Low(n, %) | 10(3.2%) | |
Moderate(n, %) | 228(73.8%) | |
High(n, %) | 71(23.0%) | |
Family function (APGAR score) | 6.7±1.8 | |
Severely dysfunctional(n, %) | 8(2.6%) | |
Moderately dysfunctional(n, %) | 134(43.4%) | |
Highly functional(n, %) | 167(54.0%) | |