Table 14.

Caregiver burden and increasing severity of dementia

			No dementia	Mild dementia	Moderate dementia	Severe dementia	Total
Zarits caregiver	No burden	Number	82	16	6		104
burden		% within burden	78.8%	15.4%	5.8%		100.0%
		% within dementia	95.3%	38.1%	15.4%		60.5%
	Mild burden	Number	3	26	14	1	44
		% within burden	6.8%	59.1%	31.8%	2.3%	100.0%
		% within dementia	3.5%	61.9%	35.9%	20.0%	25.6%
	Moderate burden	Number	1		18		19
		% within burden	5.3%		94.7%		100.0%
		% within dementia	1.2%		46.2%		11.0%
	Severe burden	Number			1	4	5
		% within burden			20.0%	80.0%	100.0%
		% within dementia			2.6%	80.0%	2.9%
Total		Number	86	42	39	5	172
		% within burden	50.0%	24.4%	22.7%	2.9%	100.0%
		% within dementia	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Chi-Square Tests		df			Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square		9			<0.001

The proportion of caregivers experiencing burden increase in severity with increasing severity of dementia