Table 5 Relation between caregiver stress and caregivers’ characteristics
| Â | Stress | Test value | P value | Sig | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||||
Age 1 | Mean ± SD | 39.53 ± 11.17 | 46.35 ± 12.21 | 2.018 | 0.046 | S |
Range | 21–63 | 19–75 | ||||
Sex1 | Male | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (16.3%) | 2.835 | 0.092 | NS |
Female | 15 (100.0%) | 72 (83.7%) | ||||
Marital status1 | Single | 2 (13.3%) | 12 (14.0%) | 0.615 | 0.893 | NS |
Married | 12 (80.0%) | 64 (74.4%) | ||||
Widow | 1 (6.7%) | 7 (8.1%) | ||||
Divorced | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (3.5%) | ||||
Education level | Low | 4 (26.7%) | 35 (40.7%) | 3.188 | 0.203 | NS |
Moderate | 4 (26.7%) | 30 (34.9%) | ||||
High | 7 (46.7%) | 21 (24.4%) | ||||
Child no1 | Median (IQR) | 2 (2–3) | 3 (1–4) | 0.214 | 0.831 | NS |
Range | 0–5 | 0–7 | ||||
Job | Yes | 5 (33.3%) | 30 (34.9%) | 0.014 | 0.907 | NS |
No | 10 (66.7%) | 56 (65.1%) | ||||
Smoking 1 | Yes | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (10.5%) | 1.936 | 0.380 | NS |
No | 15 (100.0%) | 76 (88.4%) | ||||
Ex-smoker | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.2%) | ||||
Relative | Spouse | 1 (6.7%) | 18 (20.9%) | 3.791 | 0.150 | NS |
Children | 9 (60.0%) | 55 (64.0%) | ||||
Others | 5 (33.3%) | 13 (15.1%) | ||||
No of helpers | One | 8 (53.3%) | 51 (59.3%) | 0.187 | 0.665 | NS |
More than 1 | 7 (46.7%) | 35 (40.7%) | ||||
Duration | Median (IQR) | 36 (9–96) | 33 (4–60) | 1.336 | 0.185 | NS |
Range | 2–196 | 0.5–240 | ||||
Comorbidities of caregivers | Yes | 5 (33.3%) | 46 (53.5%) | 2.076 | 0.150 | NS |
No | 10 (66.7%) | 40 (46.5%) | ||||