Table 3.
Relationships between QoL scores and emotional status and coping strategies for caregivers
| Quality of life (WHOQoL)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical | Psychological | Social | Environment | |
| Emotional statusa | ||||
| Anxiety | ||||
| Sample | −0.319* | −0.644** | −0.519** | −0.289 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.012 | 0.018 | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| 95% CI | (−0.564, −0.018) | (−0.770, −0.434) | (−0.676, −0.323) | (−0.561, −0.002) |
| Mood disorders | ||||
| Sample | −0.271 | −0.730** | −0.380* | −0.259 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.000 |
| 95% CI | (−0.571, 0.040) | (−0.841, −0.566) | (−0.596, −0.140) | (−0.527, 0.042) |
| Coping strategiesb | ||||
| Social support | ||||
| Sample | 0.089 | −0.206 | 0.124 | −0.029 |
| Bootstrap bias | −0.011 | 0.004 | −0.010 | 0.001 |
| 95% CI | (−0.229, 0.345) | (−0.495, 0.076) | (−0.230, 0.428) | (−0.327, 0.271) |
| Problem solving | ||||
| Sample | 0.317* | 0.418** | 0.338* | 0.348 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.006 | 0.000 | −0.006 | −0.012 |
| 95% CI | (−0.029, 0.609)* | (0.119, 0.675) | (0.020, 0.606) | (0.007, 0.625) |
| Avoidance | ||||
| Sample | −0.020 | −0.204 | −0.037 | 0.059 |
| Bootstrap bias | 0.011 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| 95% CI | (−0.320, 0.311) | (−0.489, 0.097) | (−0.380, 0.294) | (−0.252, 0.351) |
| Positive thinking | ||||
| Sample | 0.359* | 0.558** | 0.221 | 0.532** |
| Bootstrap bias | −0.006 | −0.010 | 0.000 | −0.008 |
| 95% CI | (0.067, 0.616) | (0.245, 0.763) | (−0.128, 0.536) | (0.256, 0.713) |
Notes:
a
VAS (visual analog scale) from 0 (less) to 10 (high level);
b
coping strategies from the BriefCope questionnaire.
*
P<0.05,
**
P<0.01.
Abbreviations: WHOQoL, World Health Organization Quality of Life; CI, confidence interval; BriefCope, Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale.