Table 4.
Supporter experiences with health-related conversations with support recipients
| When we [support recipient and I] talk about my support recipients’ health: |
Total | In-home recipient |
Out-of- home recipient |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| N = 811a | n = 247 | n = 564 | pb | |
| They minimize their health problems | 60.5% | 63.1% | 59.4% | .302 |
| I feel like I don’t know enough about their health condition to be helpful | 40.5% | 40.7% | 40.4% | .935 |
| They don’t seem to want my advice | 40.1% | 45.3% | 37.8% | .040 |
| I get confused about what’s really going on with their health | 37.5% | 38.0% | 37.3% | .863 |
| I feel overwhelmed | 25.3% | 30.8% | 22.8% | .010 |
| They seem to exaggerate their health problems | 20.4% | 23.1% | 19.3% | .205 |
| We end up arguing about what they should do for their health | 18.3% | 30.8% | 12.8% | <.001 |
| I worry that I’m getting too involved | 12.6% | 12.7% | 12.5% | .949 |
Note: Responses dichotomized as “some of the time, most of the time, or every time” vs. “rarely or never”.
a
Items only asked of supporters who reported having discussed health issues with their health support recipient.
b
Significance of chi-square tests comparing in-home and out-of-home support recipients.