Table 3.
Bivariate correlations between family caregiver distress scores and QOL subscales, burden subscales, and preparedness (N=163)
| Physical QOL |
Psychological QOL |
Social QOL | Spiritual QOL |
Objective Demand Burden |
Subjective Demand Burden |
Subjective Stress Burden |
Prep. for Caregiving |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological QOL | .550*** | |||||||
| Social QOL | .391*** | .637*** | ||||||
| Spiritual QOL | .136 | .530*** | .445*** | |||||
| Objective Demand Burden | −.185* | −.384*** | −.566*** | −.363*** | ||||
| Subjective Demand Burden | −.150 | −.084 | −.180* | −.170* | .207*** | |||
| Subjective Stress Burden | −.405*** | −.556*** | −.572*** | −.414*** | .465*** | .487*** | ||
| Preparation for Caregiving | .136 | .256*** | .309*** | .319*** | −.195* | −.273*** | −.319*** | |
| Distress in the past week per DT | −.470*** | −.632*** | −.568*** | −.385*** | .472*** | .141 | .554*** | −.287*** |
*
P=.05
**
P=.01
***
P=<=.001