Table 4.

Bivariate Correlation of Change in Caregivers’ Burden, and Change in Patients’ Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems, Functional Abilities, Quality of Life, and Care Needs.

	Change Burden Interview	Change Beck Depression Inventory	Change Distress Scale
Patients Socio demographic Characteristics
Age	−0.02	0.02	−0.06
Female	−0.01	0.05	0.02
Race/Ethnicity
White Race	0.05	−0.01	0.14
Hispanic	0.06	0.02	0.00
Marital Status	0.07	0.09	0.08
Relationship with Patient
Child
Spouse
Psychiatric and Behavioral Symptoms
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NP)	0.43***	0.23***	0.78***
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)	0.35***	0.20**	0.44***
Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD)	0.36***	0.18*	0.37***
Cognitive Skills
Mini Mental State examination (MMSE)	0.00	−0.03	−0.16*
AD Assessment Scale – Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog)	0.06	0.06	0.14
Functional Abilities
Activities of Daily Living	0.01	0.01	−0.06
Quality of Life
AD-Related Quality of Life	−0.35***	−0.20**	−0.39***
Care Needs
Dependence Scale
Equivalent Institutional Care
Caregiver Activity Scale	0.19**	0.08	0.16*
Hospitalization for at least 2 weeks
Burden Scales
Burden Interview	1.00	0.40***	0.43***
Beck Depression Inventory	0.40***	1.00	0.26***
Distress Scale	0.43***	0.26***	1.00

^*P < 0.01

^**P < 0.001

^***P < 0.001

df(s) range from 421 to 271