Table 2.

Univariate relationships between carer quality of life and personality.

	Caregiver WHOQoL-BREF
	Physical health	Psychological health	Social relationship	Environment
Patient
Disease duration	−0.17**	−0.17**	−0.11	−0.12
Age	−0.10	−0.02	−0.02	−0.04
Hoehn and Yahr [24]	−0.18**	−0.20**	−0.18**	−0.23**
Caregiver
Age	−0.15*	0.01	−0.02	−0.04
Duration of caregiving	−0.32**	−0.20**	−0.21**	−0.26**
Hours per day assisting with ADL	−0.22**	−0.15*	−0.17**	−0.34**
Neuroticism	−0.29**	−0.44**	−0.25**	−0.28**
Extroversion	0.09	0.20**	0.10	0.11
Agreeableness	−0.10	0.02	0.10	−0.03
Conscientiousness	0.17**	0.21**	0.14*	0.11
Openness	0.13*	0.11	0.08	0.18**
Anxiety	−0.44**	−0.63**	−0.43**	−0.57**
Depression	−0.53**	−0.63**	−0.47**	−0.62**

r values above are significant at *P < 0.05 level (2-tailed) and **P < 0.01 level (2-tailed). ADL: activities of daily living; WHOQoL-BREF: World Health Organization Quality Of Life-BREF version.