Table 3.
First and Last Available Measures of Family Members’ Quality of Life, Anxiety, Social Support, Depression, and Health [Mean and (Standard Deviation)] by Hospice Patient’s Residence.
| Measure | Enrollment measure | Last available measure | ||||
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| Community-dwelling | Nursing home | p-value | Community-dwelling | Nursing home | p-value | |
| Caregiver Perceptions of Pain Medicine Questionnaire (CPMQ) | 61.7 (9.29) | 62.7 (9.72) | .25 | 63.4 (9.5) | 64.6 (9.38) | .23 |
| Caregiver Quality of Life (CQLI-R) | ||||||
| Emotional | 7.30 (2.11) | 7.30 (2.18) | .99 | 6.83 (2.19) | 7.37 (1.88) | .014 |
| Financial | 6.43 (2.92) | 6.99 (2.53) | .034 | 6.37 (2.76) | 7.01 (2.37) | .02 |
| Physical | 6.95 (2.18) | 7.42 (1.98) | .023 | 6.55 (2.23) | 7.08 (2.02) | .022 |
| Social | 6.98 (2.64) | 7.69 (2.12) | .002 | 6.40 (2.71) | 7.21 (2.30) | .003 |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) score | 5.92 (5.21) | 6.36 (5.26) | .45 | 6.36 (5.87) | 5.07 (5.19) | .071 |
| Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6 | 18.1 (5.94) | 19.3 (5.56) | .05 | 17.2 (6.45) | 18.3 (5.95) | .10 |
| Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) depression score | 6.24 (5.16) | 6.02 (5.11) | .70 | 6.52 (5.57) | 5.39 (5.52) | .11 |
| SF12 Health Survey | ||||||
| General health | 63.1 (24.5) | 63.5 (25.8) | .93 | 56.0 (26.4) | 64.0 (25.7) | .062 |
| Mental health | 59.7 (21.6) | 60.9 (19.9) | .71 | 58.2 (23.9) | 62.5 (19.6) | .24 |
| Physical health | 72.8 (32.1) | 72.4 (33.1) | .94 | 75.0 (86.4) | 72.7 (34.2) | .82 |