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. 2023 Apr;18(2):183–190. doi: 10.18502/ijps.v18i2.12369

Table 3.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Variables of Caregivers in Severe Mental Disorders (SMDs) and Substance Use Disorders (SUDs)

Variable Group Severe mental disorder Substance use disorder Chi-square
N Percent N Percent Value P-value
Gender Male 90 55.6 51 52 0.3 0.581
Female 72 44.4 47 48
Education Illiterate 11 6.8 9 9.2 4.36 0.225
Under high school diploma 71 43.8 52 53.1
High school diploma 53 32.7 28 28.6
Academic 27 16.7 9 9.2
Occupation Unemployed 75 46.3 49 50 3.07 0.381
Employee 23 14.2 7 7.1
Worker 1 0.6 1 1.0
Freelancer 63 38.9 41 41.8
Marital status Single 35 21.6 13 13.3 3.35 0.341
Married 104 64.2 72 73.5
Divorced 7 4.3 5 5.1
Widow/widower 16 9.9 8 8.2
Relationship with the patient Mother 35 21.6 19 19.38 8.30 0.140
Father 29 17.9 25 25.51
Sister 17 10.49 8 8.16
Brother 39 24.07 21 21.42
Spouse 23 14.19 21 21.42
Other 19 11.72 4 4.08