Table 5 Total and related CBI sub-dimension scores according to the caregivers’ characteristics
F1 | F2 | F3 | Total CBI | P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
Age groups | < 0.0001 | ||||
20–40 | 12.62 (10.3) | 12.98 (5.5) | 3.95 (4.3) | 29.56 (16.6) | |
41–60 | 12.55 (9.4) | 14.06 (6.6) | 5.12 (4.6) | 31.74 (17.0) | |
61–80 | 18.47 (11.4) | 14.42 (5.2) | 7.39 (5.0) | 40.28 (18.2) | |
Gender | 0.001 | ||||
Male | 9.91 (8.5) | 12.97 (5.2) | 3.43 (3.9) | 26.31 (14.2) | |
Female | 15.34 (10.7) | 14.09 (6.1) | 5.97 (4.9) | 35.37 (18.1) | |
Educational level | 0.108 | ||||
Illiterate | 16.34 (11.0) | 14.15 (10.5) | 6.29 (5.1) | 38.04 (17.4) | |
Primary | 14.19 (9.6) | 15.09 (5.06) | 6.07 (4.8) | 35.52 (15.7) | |
Secondary | 13.84 (11.4) | 15.25 (4.8) | 5.25 (4.9) | 32.58 (18.9) | |
Higher | 13.40 (9.7) | 13.74 (7.1) | 4.93 (4.6) | 31.34 (17.0) | |
Employment status | 0.960 | ||||
Currently employed | 14.16 (10.4) | 13.87 (6.1) | 5.42 (4.8) | 33.36 (17.6) | |
Unemployed | 14.08 (11.2) | 13.82 (5.3) | 5.31 (4.8) | 33.51 (18.4) | |
Relationship with patient | < 0.0001 | ||||
Spouse | 19.17 (11.5) | 15.28 (6.9) | 7.55 (4.9) | 42.03 (18.2) | |
The child of patient | 12.57 (9.3) | 13.63 (5.3) | 4.88 (4.6) | 31.08 (16.0) | |
Other family or nurse | 11.32 (10.1) | 12.32 (6.3) | 3.65 (4.5) | 27.29 (17.6) | |
Living condition | 0.08 | ||||
Living with patient | 16.39 (11.3) | 14.85 (6.1) | 6.10 (5.0) | 37.30 (18.1) | |
Not living with patient | 11.01 (8.4) | 12.48 (5.5) | 4.43 (4.4) | 27.90 (15.5) | |
Marital status | 0.542 | ||||
Married | 13.99 (10.5) | 13.83 (5.4) | 5.51 (4.9) | 33.29 (17.5) | |
Unmarried/widowed | 14.68 (10.5) | 13.96 (7.5) | 5.06 (4.7) | 33.70 (18.3) | |
Patients’ dementia severity | 0.001 | ||||
Severe | 16.06 (9.9) | 15.53 (7.7) | 6.27 (4.7) | 6.27 (4.7) | |
Moderate | 14.81 (10.6) | 14.37 (4.8) | 5.73 (4.9) | 5.73 (4.9) | |
Mild | 10.94 (10.1) | 11.14 (6.2) | 3.87 (4.6) | 3.87 (4.6) |