Table 4.
Three categories of independent variables: (1) caregiver characteristics, (2) caregiving situation, and (3) support received.
| Category and independent variables | Description | |||
| Caregiver characteristics | ||||
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Sex | Male/female | ||
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Age | Continuous | ||
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Province of residence | Granada/Gipuzkoa | ||
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Place of residence | Rural/urban | ||
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Education level | Without studies: lower than primary, primary: EGBa/elementary, high school: FPb/BIPc/higher high school, superior: university or others | ||
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Employment situation | With paid work or without paid work | ||
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Social class | Five categories according to the occupation and according to the National Classification of Occupations of 1994 [40] | ||
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Health status prior to caregiving perceived | Good (excellent, very good, and good) and deficient (regular and bad) | ||
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Relationship between care recipient and the caregiver | Spouse/partner, child, father/mother, other | ||
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Lives with the care recipient | Yes/no | ||
| Caregiving situation | ||||
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Characteristics of the care recipient | |||
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Sex | Male/female | |
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Age | Continuous | |
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Degree of dependency | Moderate dependency, severe dependency, and great dependency | |
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Cognitive impairment or behavioral problems | Yes/no | |
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Caregiving characteristics | |||
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Type of tasks | Personal care, physical mobility, domestic or accompanying tasks within the home and in use of health services, care related to sickness, and tasks outside the home | |
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Intensity | Daily hours of care | |
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Frequency | Weekly days of care | |
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Duration of care | Years of caring | |
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Number of dependent people cared for | Number | |
| Support received | ||||
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Informal support | Unpaid support from family or social environment: yes/no | ||
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Formal support | Formal support received in the last 12 months, financial benefit (FB) or home help (HH): without FB or HH, with FB without HH, without FB and with HH, with FB and HH. | ||
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Perceived social support | DUKE-UNC Social Support Index with 11 items validated for use in the Spanish population: low support if score ≤ 32, high social support if score >32 [36]. | ||
aEGB: Educación General Básica.
bFP: Formación Professional.
cBIP: ___.