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Table 3 Caregiver work productivity impairment (WPAI:GH) scores (%)

From: Quality of life and informal care burden associated with duchenne muscular dystrophy in Portugal: the COIDUCH study

 

Mean ± SD

Caregivers who worked in the past 7 days (n = 12)

  Percent work time missed due to patient’s DMD (absenteeism)

11.1 ± 13.1

  Percent impairment while working due to patient’s DMD (presenteeism)

35.8 ± 22.8

  Percent overall work impairment due to patient’s DMD (combining absenteeism and presenteeism)

30.5 ± 19.0

All caregivers (n = 46)

  Percent activity impairment due to patient’s DMD (daily activities)

60 ± 32.2