Table 1.
Demographic & Clinical Variables: Group Differences
| Caregivers of an Outpatient (n = 44) | Caregivers of a Hospitalized Person (n = 41) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | Test Statistic | DF | Sig. Group Difference | ||
| Mean Age | 65.9 | 13.3 | 57.0 | 12.1 | t = 3.17 | 81 | .002** | |
| % Female‡ | 64 | % | 68 | % | χ2 = 0.21 | 1 | .651 | |
| % White‡ | 95 | % | 100 | % | χ2 = 1.91 | 1 | .167 | |
| % Married‡ | 82 | % | 65 | % | χ2 = 3.07 | 1 | .080 | |
| % Co-Habitating‡ | 67 | % | 30 | % | χ2 = 11.6 | 1 | <.001** | |
| % Spousal‡ | 59 | % | 20 | % | χ2 = 13.9 | 1 | <.001** | |
| Mean Income Category | 6.2 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 2.5 | t = 0.57 | 74 | .570 | |
| Hours/Week Category | 4.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.1 | t = 1.14 | 83 | .259 | |
| Number who can Help | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | t = 0.34 | 82 | .733 | Cohen’s d |
| Depression | 9.4 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 6.9 | t = 2.74 | 83 | .008** | 0.58 |
| Stress | 6.0 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 3.5 | t = 1.46 | 82 | .148 | 0.31 |
| Burden | 10.5 | 6.4 | 13.8 | 7.0 | t = 2.26 | 82 | .026* | 0.49 |
| Grief | 17.0 | 10.9 | 23.5 | 13.7 | t = 2.43 | 83 | .017* | 0.53 |
‡
This table reports the mean value and standard deviation (SD) (or percent for dichotamous variables) and the significance regarding paired t-tests and chi square tests assessing group differences. Hours / week category of “4” corresponds with 21 – 30 hours / week. The test statistic and degrees of freedom (DF) are reported for all tests. Cohen’s d effect size is reported only for clinical variables. Clinical measures are described in Methods.
*
significance < .05
**
significance < .01