Table 4 Caregiver characteristics
From: Individual quality of life in spousal ALS patient-caregiver dyads
| Â | Caregivers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Interview 1 | Interview 2 | Interview 3 | |
Hours of care provided p/w | |||
 Mean | 31.1 | 42.9 | 47.5 |
 Standard deviation | 34.2 | 43.6 | 44.8 |
 Median | 20 | 24.5 | 28 |
 Range | (0–126) | (0–168) | (4–168) |
Caregiver Burden (ZBI) | |||
 Mean | 22.3 | 25.6 | 27.1 |
 Standard deviation | 11.6 | 12.2 | 10.2 |
 Median | 20 | 25 | 27.5 |
 Range | (7–52) | (5–57) | (6–49) |
 % Above Cut-off | (n = 8) 29% | (n = 14) 50% | (n = 16) 57% |
HADS DISTRESS | |||
 Mean | 14.1 | 15.2 | 14.6 |
 Standard deviation | 5.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
 Median | 14 | 14 | 15.5 |
 Range | (4–23) | (5–30) | (2–29) |
 % Above Cut-off | (n = 18) 64% | (n = 17) 61% | (n = 17) 61% |
SeiQoL Index (SIS) | |||
 Mean | 75.3 | 72.8 | 71.6 |
 Standard deviation | 18.2 | 16.5 | 17.5 |
 Median | 80.64 | 72.69 | 77.94 |
 IQR | (61.27–87.76) | (62.16–83.90) | (65.40–83.02) |
 Range | (31.12–97.7) | (31.24–98.05) | (29.07–96.24) |