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Table 3 Quality of life of family caregivers measured by WHOQOL-BREF

From: Factors associated with the quality of life of family caregivers for leukemia patients in China

Characteristics

n

Physical

Psychological

Social

Environment

Mean±SD

Mean±SD

Mean±SD

Mean±SD

Family caregivers

 Gender

  Male

140

12.8±2.9

12.2±2.7

13.3±3.1

11.5±2.6

  Female

169

12.6±2.7

12.3±2.4

13.1±2.8

11.1±2.4

 Age (years)

  ≤40

156

13.1±3.1

12.4±2.8

13.7±3.0

11.3±2.6

  >40

153

12.2±2.4

12.0±2.2

12.6±2.7

11.2±2.4

 Relationship to patient

  Spouse

114

12.5±2.5

11.8±2.2

12.5±2.6

11.1±2.2

  Parent

136

12.1±2.6

11.8±2.4

13.2±2.8

11.1±2.6

  Child

43

14.6±3.1

14.2±2.5

14.8±3.2

12.2±2.7

  Other

16

14.0±3.4

12.8±3.4

13.3±3.9

11.7±3.6

 Level of education

  No more than primary school

39

10.9±3.2

11.4±2.4

12.2±3.4

10.5 ±2.5

  Middle or high school

204

12.9±2.7

12.3±2.4

13.3±2.8

11.3±2.5

  University

66

13.1±2.6

12.4±2.8

13.2±2.9

11.8±2.7

 Ethnicity

  Han

299

12.7±2.8

12.2±2.5

13.2±2.9

11.3±2.6

  Other

10

12.1±2.6

11.7±2.3

12.9±2.4

10.8±1.6

 Religious belief

  No

263

12.5±2.7

12.0±2.4

12.9±2.8

11.1±2.5

  Yes

46

13.7±3.2

13.5±2.6

14.7±2.9

12.1±2.5

 Marital status

  Married

291

12.6±2.8

12.1±2.5

13.1±2.9

11.2±2.5

  Other

18

13.6±2.9

13.7±2.5

13.7±2.5

12.1±2.1

 Duration of caregiving (Months)

  ≤6

112

12.5±3.0

12.1±2.6

13.2±3.2

11.3±2.7

  6-12

69

12.8±2.8

12.6±2.4

13.4±2.8

11.5±2.2

  13-24

70

12.6±3.1

11.6±2.4

12.6±2.9

10.8±2.5

  >24

58

12.9±2.0

12.7±2.6

13.4±2.5

11.7±2.6

 Time spent caregiving per day (Hours)

  0-12

127

13.1±2.9

12.6±2.6

13.4±3.2

11.9±2.7

  13-24

182

12.4±2.7

12.0±2.5

13.0±2.7

10.9±2.3

 Understanding of disease

  Lacking

7

13.1±1.1

12.6±2.7

13.5±2.5

13.1±1.7

  Partial

192

12.6±2.8

12.2±2.3

13.0±2.9

11.2±2.4

  Fully

110

12.8±3.0

12.3±2.8

13.4±2.9

11.2±2.8

 Annual household income (Yuan)

  ≤40,000

168

12.2±2.9

12.0±2.6

13.0±2.9

10.9±2.4

  39,999-79,999

131

13.1±2.7

12.3±2.4

13.3±2.9

11.7±2.6

  ≥80,000

10

14.0±2.7

13.8±2.4

13.9±3.2

12.5±2.7

 Employment

  Employed

238

12.8±2.8

12.3±2.6

13.3±3.0

11.4±2.6

  Retired

22

12.7±1.5

11.9±1.8

11.9±1.2

11.4±2.0

  Unemployed

49

12.3±3.2

12.1±2.5

13.0±2.9

10.9±2.5

 Anxiety(HADS score)

  Normal

24

14.4±2.9

14.2±2.7

15.1±3.0

12.4±3.2

  Mild

119

13.0±2.7

12.6±2.4

13.7±2.8

11.4±2.5

  Moderate

149

12.2±2.7

11.7±2.3

12.6±2.7

11.1±2.4

  Severe

17

11.5±3.4

11.5±3.1

11.5±3.2

10.6±2.4

 Depression (HADS score)

  Normal

112

13.2±2.3

12.7±2.4

13.7±2.8

12.6±2.5

  Mild

132

12.7±2.8

12.1±2.4

13.1±2.8

10.9±2.2

  Moderate

65

11.5±3.3

11.6±2.7

12.3±3.3

9.8±2.2

 Social support(SSRSG score)

  Low

10

11.7±2.2

9.9±1.9

10.4±2.2

8.9±1.6

  Moderate

228

12.1±2.6

11.7±2.3

12.6±2.8

10.8±2.2

  High

71

14.8±2.4

14.3±2.2

15.3±2.2

13.2±2.4

 Family function(APGAR score)

  Severely dysfunctional

8

12.3±1.9

10.7±1.5

11.2±2.8

9.8±2.3

  Moderate dysfunctional

134

12.3±2.9

11.7±2.5

12.9±3.1

11.0±2.6

  Highly functional

167

13.0±2.8

12.7±2.5

13.5±2.7

11.6±2.4

Patients

 Gender

  Male

145

12.6±2.9

12.2±2.5

13.3±2.9

11.1±2.5

  Female

164

12.8±2.8

12.2±2.6

13.1±3.0

11.4±2.5

 Age (years)

  <15

75

11.8±2.7

11.4±2.5

13.4±2.6

10.2±2.2

  ≥15

234

12.9±2.8

12.5±2.5

13.1±3.0

11.6±2.5

 Ethnicity

  Han

295

12.7±2.8

12.3±2.5

13.2±2.9

11.3±2.6

  Other

14

12.0±2.4

11.1±2.4

12.7±2.3

10.9±1.3

 Types of leukemia

  ALL

96

12.2±2.7

11.4±2.6

13.1±3.0

10.6±2.7

  AML

163

12.7±3.0

12.4±2.5

13.1±2.9

11.5±2.4

  CLL

8

12.7±0.9

12.6±2.1

13.3±1.6

11.7±1.6

  CML

42

13.7±2.6

13.2±2.2

13.6±2.9

11.9±2.4

 Duration since diagnosis (months)

  0-6

38

12.8±3.1

12.2±2.7

13.3±3.5

11.0±2.7

  7-12

82

12.9±3.2

12.5±2.7

13.5±3.0

11.5±2.5

  12-24

91

12.8±2.7

11.9±2.3

12.8±2.7

11.0±2.1

  24

98

12.3±2.6

12.3±2.5

13.2±2.8

11.4±2.8

 Medical insurance

  Yes

280

12.8±2.9

12.3±2.6

13.3±2.9

11.3±2.6

  No

29

11.3±2.1

10.9±1.8

12.3±2.5

10.8±2.1

  1. Bold indicates P<0.05 in group comparisons (Student’s t test for two groups or one-way ANOVA test for multiple groups)