Table 6. Domain 5: Knowledge of medication side effects.
*Significant at p<0.05, **Significant at p<0.01, SANS: Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms.
| Knowledge of side effects | ||||||
| Variable | No (N (%)) | Yes (N (%)) | Total (N (%)) | Χ2 | p-value | |
| Patient gender | ||||||
| Male | 61 (69.3%) | 27 (30.7%) | 88 (100.0%) | 4.485 | 0.034* | |
| Female | 37 (52.9%) | 33 (47.1%) | 70 (100.0%) | |||
| Total | 98 (62.0%) | 60 (38.0%) | 158 (100.0%) | |||
| Patient family income | ||||||
| Nil-5000 Rs. | 5 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (100.0%) | 12.756 | 0.009** | |
| 5001-10,000 Rs. | 6 (66.7%) | 3 (33.3%) | 9 (100.0%) | |||
| 10,001-20,000 Rs. | 25 (80.6%) | 6 (19.4%) | 31 (100.0%) | |||
| 20,001-50,000 Rs. | 40 (61.5%) | 25 (38.5%) | 65 (100.0%) | |||
| >50,000 Rs. | 22 (45.8%) | 26 (54.2%) | 48 (100.0%) | |||
| Total | 98 (62.0%) | 60 (38.0%) | 158 (100.0%) | |||
| Caregiver relationship | ||||||
| Mother | 17 (41.5%) | 24 (58.5%) | 41 (100.0%) | 12.696 | 0.026* | |
| Father | 30 (71.4%) | 12 (28.6%) | 42 (100.0%) | |||
| Brother | 20 (71.4%) | 8 (28.6%) | 28 (100.0%) | |||
| Sister | 11 (73.3%) | 4 (26.7%) | 15 (100.0%) | |||
| Spouse | 12 (54.5%) | 10 (45.5%) | 22 (100.0%) | |||
| Son/daughter/other | 8 (80.0%) | 2 (20.0%) | 10 (100.0%) | |||
| Total | 98 (62.0%) | 60 (38.0%) | 158 (100.0%) | |||
| Variable | Mean | SD | t/z | p-value | ||
| Difficult behavior domain of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 1.92 | 0.86 | 3.479 | 0.001** | ||
| Yes | 1.44 | 0.81 | ||||
| Total negative score of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 86.66 | 29.03 | 3.334 | 0.001* | ||
| Yes | 70.20 | 31.83 | ||||
| Total positive score of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 29.02 | 7.91 | 2.275 | 0.024* | ||
| Yes | 25.82 | 9.60 | ||||
| SANS | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 41.86 | 16.56 | 3.503 | 0.001** | ||
| Yes | 32.35 | 16.55 | ||||
| Caregiver age | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 43.55 | 16.67 | -1.991 | 0.046* | ||
| Yes | 48.82 | 14.24 | ||||
| Roles domain of family functioning | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 2.35 | 0.54 | −3.073 | 0.002** | ||
| Yes | 2.08 | 0.49 | ||||
| Negative symptoms domain of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 2.25 | 0.95 | −1.980 | 0.048* | ||
| Yes | 1.93 | 1.02 | ||||
| Problems with services domain of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 1.19 | 0.74 | −3.228 | 0.001** | ||
| Yes | 0.80 | 0.73 | ||||
| Effects on the family domain of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 1.20 | 0.77 | −2.025 | 0.043* | ||
| Yes | 0.95 | 0.78 | ||||
| Need for backup domain of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 1.57 | 0.67 | −3.069 | 0.002** | ||
| Yes | 1.18 | 0.73 | ||||
| Dependency domain of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 2.52 | 0.75 | −2.493 | 0.013* | ||
| Yes | 2.16 | 0.94 | ||||
| Loss domain of caregiving | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 1.63 | 0.63 | −2.328 | 0.020* | ||
| Yes | 1.38 | 0.69 | ||||
| Acceptance/redefinition domain of coping | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 0.61 | 0.16 | −2.369 | 0.018* | ||
| Yes | 0.65 | 0.16 | ||||
| Environmental domain of quality of life | ||||||
| Knowledge of medication side effects | ||||||
| No | 14.62 | 2.68 | −3.397 | 0.001** | ||
| Yes | 16.22 | 2.39 | ||||