Table 4.

Comparison of caring ability and care burden between the caregivers in the two groups at baseline and at 3 weeks, 7 weeks, and 15 weeks after family caregiver training.

Item	Time	Intervention group (n = 90)	Control group (n = 100)	FInteraction/PInteraction value	FTime/PTime value	FTreatment/PTreatment value
Total caregiving ability score	Baseline	95.35 ± 12.13	96.24 ± 13.21	321.132/0.001	119.723/0.001	342.734/0.001
	3 weeks	100.23 ± 11.34	97.45 ± 11.23
	7 weeks	105.84 ± 10.85	98.86 ± 11.54
	15 weeks	110.54 ± 12.92	103.23 ± 10.65
Knowledge	Baseline	16.67 ± 4.43	17.23 ± 3.67	231.322/0.001	211.251/0.001	256.321/0.001
	3 weeks	21.45 ± 3.12	19.54 ± 3.02
	7 weeks	22.22 ± 2.33	21.23 ± 3.19
	15 weeks	25.54 ± 2.12	21.31 ± 3.11
Skills	Baseline	49.23 ± 4.45	48.34 ± 5.23	165.211/0.001	411.723/0.001	321.734/0.001
	3 weeks	52.23 ± 4.33	48.65 ± 4.56
	7 weeks	53.86 ± 4.72	47.32 ± 4.73
	15 weeks	55.19 ± 4.94	48.13 ± 5.33
Self-stress and health management	Baseline	16.56 ± 2.67	16.48 ± 2.21	422.862/0.001	289.451/0.001	311.661/0.001
	3 weeks	17.33 ± 1.57	16.56 ± 2.34
	7 weeks	19.32 ± 1.89	16.33 ± 2.22
	15 weeks	20.58 ± 1.24	17.16 ± 2.19
Coping strategies	Baseline	15.34 ± 1.34	15.23 ± 2.94	426.443/0.001	324.451/0.001	544.123/0.001
	3 weeks	16.28 ± 1.92	16.34 ± 2.34
	7 weeks	18.12 ± 1.78	16.78 ± 2.65
	15 weeks	20.52 ± 1.96	17.24 ± 2.57
ZBI score	Baseline	39.23 ± 7.23	41.56 ± 7.34	322.978/0.001	311.539/0.001	424.447/0.001
	3 weeks	37.23 ± 4.67	39.64 ± 5.18
	7 weeks	34.46 ± 5.56	37.59 ± 4.34
	15 weeks	31.98 ± 6.43	35.77 ± 4.67

ZBI, Zarit Burden Interview.