Table 1 Demographic and psychological characteristics of the sample study
Variables | Caregivers of autism (N = 38) | Caregivers of ADHD (N = 34) | Total (N = 72) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Father caregivers of autism (N = 17) | Mother caregivers of autism (N = 21) | Father caregivers of ADHD (N = 13) | Mother caregivers of ADHD (N = 21) | ||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Age | 24–34 years | 8 | 11.1 | 12 | 16.7 | 5 | 6.9 | 11 | 15.3 | 36 | 50 |
35–45 years | 9 | 12.5 | 9 | 12.5 | 8 | 11.1 | 10 | 13.9 | 36 | 50 | |
Mean ± SD | 34.35±2.44 | 35.62±3.11 | 34.15±5.90 | 33.57±5.13 | - | ||||||
Numbers of years of education | 8 years | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 3 | 4.2 | 5 | 6.9 |
11 years | 7 | 9.7 | 8 | 11.1 | 5 | 6.9 | 8 | 11.1 | 28 | 38.9 | |
15 years | 7 | 9.7 | 10 | 13.9 | 5 | 6.9 | 10 | 13.9 | 32 | 44.4 | |
17 years | 2 | 2.8 | 3 | 4.2 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9.7 | |
Mean ± SD | 13.17±2.65 | 13.66±2.22 | 13.23±2.83 | 12.47±2.65 | - | ||||||
Work | Work | 15 | 20.8 | 8 | 11.1 | 12 | 16.7 | 8 | 11.1 | 43 | 59.7 |
No work | 2 | 2.8 | 13 | 18.1 | 1 | 1.4 | 13 | 18.1 | 29 | 40.3 | |
Depression | Normal | 10 | 13.9 | 9 | 12.5 | 8 | 11.1 | 18 | 25 | 45 | 62.5 |
Abnormal | 7 | 9.7 | 12 | 16.7 | 5 | 6.9 | 3 | 4.2 | 27 | 37.5 | |
Anxiety | Normal | 11 | 15.3 | 11 | 15.3 | 13 | 18.1 | 19 | 26.4 | 54 | 75 |
Abnormal | 6 | 8.3 | 10 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.8 | 18 | 25 | |
Sensitivity | Normal | 16 | 22.2 | 14 | 19.4 | 12 | 16.7 | 20 | 27.8 | 62 | 86.1 |
Abnormal | 1 | 1.4 | 7 | 9.7 | 1 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.4 | 10 | 13.9 | |