Table 6.
Relationships Between Patient Sociodemographics and Caregiver Burden, and Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms.in Caregivers of PwD.
| Variables | Caregiver Burden | Depressive Symptoms | Anxiety Symptoms | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | ST | p | Mean (SD) | ST | p | Mean (SD) | ST | p | |
| Patient’s age (years) | −0.07 1 | 0.56 | −0.22 1 | 0.04 * | −0.22 1 | 0.11 | |||
| Patient’s Gender | −1.60 2 | 0.11 | −1.72 2 | 0.09 | 0.60 2 | 0.10 | |||
| Male | 29.37 (17.81) | 5.74 (5.73) | 4.23 (5.42) | ||||||
| Female | 36.00 (19.09) | 8.11 (6.47) | 6.30 (5.52) | ||||||
| Patient’s Ethnicity | 0.68 3 | 0.58 | 1.86 3 | 0.19 | 0.44 3 | 0.73 | |||
| Malay | 35.15 (15.78) | 8.93 (6.11) | 6.07 (5.80) | ||||||
| Chinese | 35.34 (17.18) | 5.34 (5.42) | 5.69 (5.69) | ||||||
| Indian | 27.55 (21.87) | 6.41 (5.99) | 4.32 (5.04) | ||||||
| Others | 35.00 (30.01) | 11.25 (10.81) | 5.00 (6.63) | ||||||
| Patient’s Religion | 0.78 3 | 0.57 | 1.80 3 | 0.12 | 0.90 3 | 0.49 | |||
| Islam | 36.76 (16.69) | 9.72 (6.60) | 6.34 (5.78) | ||||||
| Buddhism | 32.68 (20.19) | 5.55 (6.17) | 5.86 (6.37) | ||||||
| Christian | 33.45 (18.65) | 4.648 (5.00) | 2.73 (3.17) | ||||||
| Hinduism | 26.56 (21.93) | 6.56 (6.20) | 5.25 (5.47) | ||||||
| Others | 21.00 (-) | 4.00 (-) | - | ||||||
| None | 40.33 (1.16) | 4.67 (2.31) | 5.67 (2.31) | ||||||
| Patient’s Education Level | −0.20 1 | 0.07 | −0.11 1 | 0.32 | −0.22 1 | 0.47 | |||
| Patient’s Marital Status | 1.00 2 | 0.32 | 0.52 2 | 0.61 | 0.44 2 | 0.66 | |||
| Single/separated/ | 35.62 (20.62) | 7.64 (7.46) | 5.74 (5.72) | ||||||
| divorced/widowed | |||||||||
| Married/cohabitation | 31.44 (17.29) | 6.86 (5.69) | 5.19 (5.46) | ||||||
SD = Standard deviation; ST = Statistical test; p = p-value. 1 = Pearson correlation; 2 = Independent t-test; 3 = One-way ANOVA. * = p-value < 0.05.