Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 6 The effect of caregiver stress on hospitalization outcome (mortality and length of stay)

From: Assessment of stress in caregivers of acutely hospitalized elderly and its relation to hospital outcomes

	Caregiver stress			Test value	P test	Significance
		No	Yes
Mortality	Yes	0(0.00%)	25(29.1%)	5.795	.016	S
Mortality	No	15(100.0%)	61(70.9%)	5.795	.016	S
Length of stay	No	13(86.7%)	61(70.9%)	1.615	0.204	NS
Length of stay	Yes	2(13.3%)	25(29.1%)	1.615	0.204	NS

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