Table 3.
Partners’ perceptions of patients’ care dependency, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and health status
| Male partners (n=85) |
Female partners (n=103) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care dependency | |||
| Care dependency scale (patients)a | 68.2 (9.0) | 70.4 (7.9) | 0.003 |
| Anxiety, depression, and health status | |||
| Anxiety subscale (HADS-A) | 6.1 (3.7)b | 6.0 (3.8) | 0.915 |
| Depression subscale (HADS-D) | 4.7 (3.0)b | 6.3 (3.7) | 0.001 |
| Symptoms of anxiety (≥10), n (%) | 15 (17.6)b | 22 (21.4) | 0.550 |
| Symptoms of depression (≥10), n (%) | 6 (7.1)b | 22 (21.4) | 0.007 |
| EQ-5D index score | 0.74 (0.23)b | 0.68 (0.29) | 0.082 |
| EQ-5D VAS score | 64.1 (17.8)b | 61.1 (21.8) | 0.299 |
| AQoL-8D, mental | 0.38 (0.18)b | 0.35 (0.18) | 0.221 |
| AQoL-8D, physical | 0.51 (0.18)b | 0.52 (0.18) | 0.784 |
| AQoL-8D, utility score | 0.65 (0.20)b | 0.62 (0.20) | 0.359 |
Notes: Values expressed as mean (SD) or number of partners (%).
a
Non-parametric statistical tests have been used because of skewed data;
b
n=1 missing.
Abbreviations: AQoL-8D, Assessment of Quality of Life with 8 Dimensions; EQ-5D, EuroQol-5 dimensions; HADS-A, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Anxiety subscale; HADS-D, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Depression subscale; VAS, visual analog scale; SD, standard deviation.