. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 21.

Published in final edited form as: Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2009 Oct–Dec;10(5-6):448–455. doi: 10.3109/17482960802459889

Table II.

Change in caregiver distress and perceived quality of relationship with approach of death or LTMV: baseline and last interviews.

	Death (n=38)		LTMV (n=13)
	Baseline	Last	Baseline	Last
Depression Diagnosis	16%	10.5%	50%	8.3%
^*BDI	10.4	9.4	15.9	9.8
CG Satisfaction	13.9	13.4	13.7	13.4
Caregiver Burden	9.0	9.1	12.3	9.9
^*Manne Positive Support	21.8	21.4	22.3	18.9
Manne Negative Support	13.0	13.5	15.3	16.7
^*Fatigue	21.1	21.1	24.6	20.8

Significant declines over time for BDI, positive social support, and fatigue (p<0.05 in repeated measures ANOVA), driven mostly by greater declines in LTMV group, but group differences and interactions not significant in any comparison.