Fig. 2
From: Individual quality of life in spousal ALS patient-caregiver dyads
a illustrates that patient SIS decreased from the first to the third interview in half of the dyads in the study. In these 14 dyads, the SIS of caregivers also decreased in 9 but increased in 5 of them (e.g. Dyad IDs 37, 6, 35, 43, 83). b below shows the 14 dyads in which patient SIS increased from the first to the third interview. The caregiver quality of life increased in 3 but decreased for caregivers in 11 of the dyads in which patient SIS increased