Table 8.
Relationships between Patient Illness Characteristics 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 | |
| Illness Duration (years) | - | −0.06 1 | 0.59 | - | −0.07 1 | 0.55 | - | −0.13 1 | 0.26 |
| History of Psychiatric Ward Admission | −0.93 2 | 0.36 | −1.19 2 | 0.24 | 0.04 2 | 0.97 | |||
| Never admitted before | 32.63 (17.92) | 6.87 (6.31) | 5.42 (5.38) | ||||||
| Admitted once or more | 40.00 (28.48) | 10.00 (4.82) | 5.33 (8.02) | ||||||
| Types of Dementia | 1.65 3 | 0.22 | 2.60 3 | 0.06 | 2.01 3 | 0.12 | |||
| Alzheimer’s Disease | 30.38 (19.52) | 5.69 (6.14) | 4.64 (5.03) | ||||||
| Vascular Dementia | 33.57 (19.13) | 9.14 (6.13) | 7.57 (6.50) | ||||||
| MVAD | 38.60 (17.73) | 8.84 (6.24) | 6.12 (5.72) | ||||||
| Others | 25.00 (10.74) | 2.75 (2.22) | 1.00 (2.00) | ||||||
| Disease Severity | −0.17 1 | 0.12 | −0.13 1 | 0.26 | −0.25 1 | 0.02 * | |||
| BPSD | 0.78 2 | 0.44 | 1.49 2 | 0.14 | −0.89 2 | 0.93 | |||
| Presence | 34.21 (20.02) | 7.66 (6.79) | 5.38 (5.74) | ||||||
| Absence | 30.67 (15.28) | 5.75 (4.51) | 5.50 (5.15) | ||||||
SD = Standard deviation; ST = Statistical test; p = p-value. 1 = Pearson correlation; 2 = Independent t-test; 3 = One-way ANOVA. * = p-value < 0.05.