Table 2.
Bivariate Correlation of Caregivers’ Burden, patient and Caregivers’ characteristics, Patients’ Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems, Functional Abilities, Quality of Life, and Care Needs.
| Burden Interview |
Beck Depression Inventory |
Distress Scale | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients Socio demographic Characteristics | |||
| Age | −0.10 | −0.04 | −0.09 |
| Female | −0.09 | −0.11 | −0.05 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| White Race | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Hispanic | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.12 |
| Marital Status | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| Caregivers Sociodemographic Characteristics | |||
| Age | 0.04 | −0.01 | −0.05 |
| Female Sex | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.06 |
| Education | −0.06 | −0.11 | −0.19** |
| Relationship with Patient | |||
| Child | 0.08 | −0.03 | −0.04 |
| Spouse | 0.14* | 0.14 | 0.07 |
| Psychiatric and Behavioral Symptoms | |||
| Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) | 0.38*** | 0.34*** | 0.74*** |
| Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) | 0.24*** | 0.18** | 0.32*** |
| Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD) | 0.27*** | 0.26*** | 0.45*** |
| Cognitive Skills | |||
| Mini Mental State examination (MMSE) | −0.06 | −0.05 | −0.12 |
| AD Assessment Scale – Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Functional Abilities | |||
| Activities of Daily Living | −0.13* | −0.11 | −0.19** |
| Quality of Life | |||
| AD-Related Quality of Life | −0.36*** | −0.30*** | −0.44*** |
| Care Needs | |||
| Dependence Scale | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
| Equivalent Institutional Care | |||
| Caregiver Activity Scale | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.18** |
| Hospitalization for at least 2 weeks | −0.08 | −0.05 | −0.12 |
| Burden Scales | |||
| Burden Interview | -- | 0.58 | 0.52 |
| Beck Depression Inventory | 0.58 | -- | 0.43 |
| Distress Scale | 0.52 | 0.43 | -- |
*
P < 0.01
**
P < 0.001
***
P < 0.0001
df(s) range from 421 to 271