Table 2.
Patient, Caregiver and illness factors and caregivers' Quality of Life
| Physical domain | Psychological domain | Social domain | Environmental domain | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | t | pa | Mean ± SD | t | pa | Mean ± SD | t | pa | Mean ± SD | t | pa | |
| Patient factor | ||||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||||
| ≤ 45 years (77) > 45 years (40) |
65.90 ± 14.96 65.03 ± 13.22 |
-0.789 | 0.432 | 61.53 ± 16.23 60.93 ± 13.08 |
0.216 | 0.829 | 62.35 ± 17.46 63.58 ± 17.27 |
-0.362 | 0.718 | 63.49 ± 14.98 65.03 ± 14.76 |
-0.530 | 0.598 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male (49) Female (68) |
64.82 ± 15.63 67.93 ± 13.34 |
-1.128 | 0.262 | 61.02 ± 15.53 61.54 ± 15.63 |
-0.719 | 0.858 | 61.61 ± 14.80 63.60 ± 19.02 |
-0.611 | 0.542 | 63.53 ± 15.43 64.37 ± 14.54 |
-0.297 | 0.767 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married (30) Single/Divorced/Widowed (87) |
68.50 ± 11.47 65.98 ± 15.24 |
0.950 | 0.346 | 64.37 ± 13.60 60.28 ± 16.07 |
1.354 | 0.181 | 59.33 ± 17.69 63.95 ± 17.15 |
-1.243 | 0.220 | 64.57 ± 14.31 63.83 ± 15.42 |
0.252 | 0.802 |
| Employment status | ||||||||||||
| Yes (23) No (94) |
69.43 ± 16.34 65.94 ± 13.85 |
0.947 | 0.351 | 68.96 ± 15.53 59.46 ± 15.02 |
2.646 | 0.012* | 62.78 ± 15.50 62.77 ± 17.83 |
0.004 | 0.996 | 68.57 ± 15.47 62.90 ± 14.57 |
1.591 | 0.121 |
| Financial aid | ||||||||||||
| Yes (11) No (106) |
65.55 ± 15.08 66.74 ± 14.36 |
-0.250 | 0.807 | 61.09 ± 15.16 61.35 ± 15.63 |
-0.054 | 0.958 | 59.00 ± 14.12 63.16 ± 17.64 |
-0.906 | 0.381 | 63.82 ± 19.69 64.04 ± 14.39 |
-0.036 | 0.972 |
| Educational level | ||||||||||||
| Primary (33) Secondary and above (84) |
63.21 ± 14.64 67.96 ± 14.12 |
-1.596 | 0.116 | 55.58 ± 13.54 63.58 ± 15.74 |
-2.746 | 0.008* | 57.55 ± 18.85 64.52 ± 16.37 |
-1.948 | 0.057 | 60.18 ± 16.35 65.52 ± 14.04 |
-1.652 | 0.105 |
| Caregiver factor | ||||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||||
| ≤ 45 years (34) > 45 years (83) |
68.41 ± 13.12 65.89 ± 14.86 |
0.907 | 0.368 | 62.03 ± 15.29 61.04 ± 15.70 |
0.317 | 0.753 | 61.91 ± 15.91 63.12 ± 17.96 |
-0.359 | 0.721 | 62.44 ± 13.22 64.65 ± 15.57 |
-0.769 | 0.444 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male (56) Female (61) |
69.46 ± 13.61 64.02 ± 14.65 |
2.085 | 0.039* | 62.71 ± 13.91 60.05 ± 16.88 |
0.935 | 0.352 | 64.16 ± 16.20 61.49 ± 18.35 |
0.835 | 0.405 | 64.29 ± 13.77 63.77 ± 15.91 |
0.188 | 0.851 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married (80) Single/Divorced/Widowed (37) |
67.63 ± 13.70 64.46 ± 15.68 |
1.055 | 0.295 | 62.61 ± 16.12 58.54 ± 13.94 |
1.397 | 0.166 | 64.00 ± 19.06 60.11 ± 12.67 |
1.306 | 0.194 | 65.51 ± 15.33 60.78 ± 13.41 |
1.693 | 0.094 |
| Educational level | ||||||||||||
| Primary (32) Secondary and above (85) |
59.41 ± 12.64 69.34 ± 14.10 |
-3.670 | 0.001* | 55.00 ± 13.30 63.71 ± 15.70 |
-3.000 | 0.004* | 55.66 ± 16.32 65.45 ± 17.03 |
-2.858 | 0.006* | 56.25 ± 13.91 66.94 ± 14.21 |
-3.685 | 0.001* |
| Employment status | ||||||||||||
| Yes (60) No (57) |
70.42 ± 14.10 62.63 ± 13.66 |
3.034 | 0.003* | 64.18 ± 14.84 58.32 ± 15.78 |
2.069 | 0.041* | 63.02 ± 16.03 62.51 ± 18.75 |
0.157 | 0.875 | 64.92 ± 14.22 63.07 ± 15.57 |
0.669 | 0.505 |
| Medical problems | ||||||||||||
| Yes (33) No (84) |
57.24 ± 15.48 70.31 ± 12.13 |
-4.351 | 0.000* | 53.73 ± 15.44 64.31 ± 14.59 |
-3.388 | 0.001* | 58.88 ± 16.54 64.30 ± 17.49 |
-1.568 | 0.122 | 58.85 ± 15.30 66.05 ± 14.26 |
-2.333 | 0.023* |
| Dependent members | ||||||||||||
| < 2 (12) ≥ 2 (105) |
65.25 ± 14.52 66.78 ± 14.41 |
-0.346 | 0.728 | 62.00 ± 12.02 61.25 ± 15.92 |
0.198 | 0.846 | 68.83 ± 13.35 62.08 ± 17.65 |
1.601 | 0.129 | 64.08 ± 15.37 64.01 ± 14.88 |
0.016 | 0.988 |
| Relationship with patients | ||||||||||||
| Parents (51) Others (66) |
62.45 ± 15.23 69.85 ± 12.87 |
-2.785 | 0.006* | 58.22 ± 16.38 63.73 ± 14.49 |
-1.897 | 0.061 | 62.25 ± 18.63 63.17 ± 16.40 |
-0.276 | 0.783 | 62.24 ± 15.83 63.39 ± 14.03 |
-1.124 | 0.264 |
| r | pb | r | pb | r | pb | r | pb | |||||
| SRRS | -0.1660 | 0.086 | -0.205 | 0.027* | -0.146 | 0.115 | -0.233 | 0.012* | ||||
| Illness factor | ||||||||||||
| No of hospitalisation | ||||||||||||
| < 4 (105) ≥ 4 (12) |
66.98 ± 14.19 63.50 ± 16.13 |
0.717 | 0.486 | 61.96 ± 15.11 55.75 ± 18.52 |
1.120 | 0.283 | 64.06 ± 17.17 51.50 ± 15.07 |
2.694 | 0.017* | 65.13 ± 14.44 54.25 ± 15.47 |
2.333 | 0.037* |
| Duration of illness | ||||||||||||
| < 10 years (53) ≥ 10 years (64) |
70.08 ± 12.67 63.77 ± 15.14 |
2.455 | 0.016* | 64.91 ± 16.05 58.36 ± 14.53 |
2.291 | 0.024* | 68.87 ± 15.65 57.72 ± 17.14 |
3.673 | 0.000* | 67.47 ± 14.63 61.16 ± 14.54 |
2.331 | 0.022* |
| Onset of illness | ||||||||||||
| < 45 years (102) > 45 years (15) |
65.73 ± 14.74 72.73 ± 9.84 |
-2.392 | 0.025* | 60.96 ± 16.08 63.80 ± 11.09 |
-0.866 | 0.395 | 61.27 ± 16.87 72.93 ± 17.60 |
-2.409 | 0.027* | 63.13 ± 14.62 70.07 ± 15.58 |
-1.623 | 0.122 |
| Attending day care | ||||||||||||
| Yes (16) No (101) |
57.94 ± 15.49 68.00 ± 13.76 |
-2.450 | 0.024* | 53.19 ± 14.78 62.61 ± 15.31 |
-2.359 | 0.028* | 54.69 ± 14.04 64.05 ± 17.52 |
-2.389 | 0.025* | 52.50 ± 14.54 65.84 ± 14.14 |
-3.424 | 0.003* |
| Types of medication | ||||||||||||
|
Typical/mixed (37) Atypical (80) |
65.95 ± 16.22 66.94 ± 13.52 |
-0.324 | 0.747 | 59.14 ± 13.00 62.34 ± 16.54 |
-1.133 | 0.260 | 59.65 ± 15.62 64.21 ± 17.98 |
-1.400 | 0.166 | 61.73 ± 13.22 65.08 ± 15.51 |
-1.201 | 0.233 |
| r | pb | r | pb | r | pb | r | pb | |||||
| BPRS | -0.229 | 0.013* | -0.168 | 0.070 | -0.181 | 0.051 | -0.200 | 0.031* | ||||
SD = standard deviation
p = p value
r = Pearson correlation coefficient
pa = from t test if not otherwise specified
pb = from correlation test