Table 6.
Responses to the caregiver strain index (n = 46)
| Number reporting problems | Baseline | At three months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | IB | Total | OR | IB | Total | |
| n | n | n (%) | n | n | n (%) | |
| Sleep | 3 | 9 | 12 (26) | 2 | 9 | 11(24) |
| Inconvenient | 8 | 16 | 24 (52) | 10 | 15 | 25 (54) |
| Physical strain | 10 | 19 | 29 (63) | 10 | 18 | 28 (61) |
| Confining | 12 | 13 | 25 (54) | 9 | 13 | 22 (48) |
| Family adjustments | 10 | 16 | 26 (57) | 7 | 14 | 21 (46) |
| Personal plans | 11 | 19 | 30 (65) | 11 | 21 | 32 (70) |
| Emotional adjustments | 7 | 16 | 23 (50) | 7 | 16 | 23 (50) |
| Upsetting behaviour | 8 | 7 | 15 (33) | 6 | 5 | 11 (24) |
| Has changed | 6 | 6 | 12 (26) | 7 | 5 | 12 (26) |
| Work adjustments | 11 | 15 | 26 (57) | 11 | 13 | 24 (52) |
| Financial strain | 14 | 15 | 29 (63) | 17 | 17 | 34 (74) |
| Overwhelmed | 14 | 22 | 36 (78) | 16 | 24 | 40 (87) |