Table 6.

Caregivers’ perceived health status: frequencies, percentages and statistical tests.

	Frequencies	%	M	SD	Statistic test	Statistical value
Health status overall perception score
1. Poor	16	4.2%
2. Fair	177	46.5%
3. Good	142	37.3%
4. Very good	39	10.2%
5. Excellent	7	1.8%
Tot.	381	100%
Health status score by gender
					T-test	t = 1.91, df = 379, p = 0.056
Male	135		2.70	0.858
Female	246		2.53	0.765
Tot.	381		2.59	0.802
Health status score by age
					ANOVA	(F = 9.96, df1 = 4, df2 = 129), p < 0.001*
70–79	59		2.31	0.701
60–69	143		2.57	0.774
50–59	102		2.73	0.869
≥ 80	42		2.31	0.680
Under 50	35		3.11	0.676