Table 3.
Levels of caregiving burden among different characteristics of caregivers/children
| Variables | CB Scale | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Strain | Isolation | Disappointment | Emotional Involvement | Environment | Total Score | |||
| Caregiver sex | Mean rank | Male (n= 18) | 87.61 | 123.78 | 103.94 | 134.03 | 121.64 | 98.28 |
| Female (n= 231) | 127.91 | 125.10 | 126.64 | 124.30 | 125.26 | 127.08 | ||
| U | - | 1406.0 | 2057.0 | 1700.0 | 1916.5 | 2018.5 | 1598.0 | |
| Z | - | −2.292 | −0.077 | −1.294 | −0.603 | −0.210 | −1.635 | |
| p | - | 0.022* | 0.939 | 0.196 | 0.546 | 0.834 | 0.102 | |
| Child’s sex | Mean rank | Male (n= 115) | 128.65 | 133.45 | 121.07 | 121.53 | 129.25 | 129.81 |
| Female (n= 134) | 121.87 | 117.75 | 128.37 | 127.98 | 121.35 | 120.87 | ||
| U | - | 7285.5 | 6733.0 | 7253.5 | 7306.0 | 7216.0 | 7152.0 | |
| Z | - | −0.742 | −1.759 | −0.801 | −0.770 | −0.880 | −0.977 | |
| p | - | 0.458 | 0.078 | 0.423 | 0.442 | 0.379 | 0.329 | |
| Employment | Mean rank | Employed (n= 57) | 120.94 | 129.16 | 126.99 | 134.06 | 136.98 | 127.47 |
| Unemployed (n= 192) | 126.12 | 123.85 | 124.45 | 122.49 | 121.68 | 124.32 | ||
| U | - | 5046.0 | 5040.5 | 5157.5 | 4776.0 | 4618.0 | 5131.5 | |
| Z | - | −0.469 | −0.492 | −0.231 | −1.141 | −1.408 | −0.285 | |
| p | - | 0.639 | 0.623 | 0.818 | 0.254 | 0.159 | 0.775 | |
| Residency | Mean rank | Urban (n=151) | 122.13 | 127.08 | 117.33 | 128.08 | 125.96 | 121.00 |
| Rural (n=98) | 129.43 | 121.79 | 136.82 | 120.26 | 123.53 | 131.16 | ||
| U | - | 6965.0 | 7084.5 | 6240.5 | 6934.5 | 7254.5 | 6795.5 | |
| Z | - | −0.783 | −0.581 | −2.097 | −0.914 | −0.265 | −1.088 | |
| p | - | 0.433 | 0.561 | 0.036* | 0.361 | 0.791 | 0.277 | |
| Caring of other person in family | Mean rank | Yes (n=34) | 148.93 | 146.41 | 140.72 | 145.74 | 140.18 | 153.99 |
| No (n=215) | 121.22 | 121.61 | 122.51 | 121.72 | 122.60 | 120.42 | ||
| U | - | 2841.5 | 2927.0 | 3120.5 | 2950.0 | 3139.0 | 2669.5 | |
| Z | - | −2.089 | −1.913 | −1.376 | −1.974 | −1.348 | −2.527 | |
| p | - | 0.037* | 0.056 | 0.169 | 0.048* | 0.178 | 0.012 | |
| Suffering from underlying disease | Mean rank | Yes (n=64) | 139.59 | 131.82 | 129.74 | 127.01 | 135.49 | 134.24 |
| No (n=185) | 119.95 | 122.64 | 123.36 | 124.31 | 121.37 | 121.80 | ||
| U | - | 4986.0 | 5483.5 | 5616.5 | 5791.5 | 5248.5 | 5328.5 | |
| Z | - | −1.885 | −0.901 | −0.614 | −0.283 | −1.378 | −1.192 | |
| p | - | 0.059 | 0.367 | 0.539 | 0.777 | 0.168 | 0.233 | |
CB Scale: Caregiver’s Burden Scale, p < 0.05*: statistically significant values, Z: Value of Mann–Whitney U-test analysis for large groups, U: Value of Mann–Whitney U test analysis for small groups