Table 4.

Association of patient and caregiver socio-demographics with QOL: significant covariates of QOL in ANCOVA

Socio-demographics as covariates	Pts' QOL domains affected	F	P
A: For patients
Marital status: married > single	Social relations Spiritual	16.7 6.8	0.001 0.01
Occupation: medium/high skill > unemployed	Psychological health 6-domain Spiritual General facet on health & QOL	3.8 3.8 5.5	0.05 0.05 0.02
Education: high school/college > illiterate	Environment	4.9	0.03
Education of caregiver	Environment	4.9	0.03
B. For caregivers of patients
Marital status of patient	Physical health 6-domain	5.2	0.02
Education of patient	Spiritual	7.3	0.008
Age of patient	Psychological health 6-domain Spiritual	6.5 6.6	0.01 0.01
Education of caregiver	Physical health 6-domain Psychological health 6-domain Independence Environment Spiritual	7.7 10.5 7.6 29.4 10.9	0.006 0.001 0.007 0.001 0.001
Marital status of caregiver	Physical health 6-domain Independence Social relations
Occupation of caregiver	Physical health 6-domain Psychological health 6-domain
Age of caregiver	Physical health, physical health, independence, social relations, general facet	6.3 – 30.9	0.001
Caregiver's sex	Psychological health, social relations, environment, general facet	5.6 – 15.2	0.02 – 0.001