Table 3.

Association Between Depression and the Caregivers’ Characteristics.

Characteristics	Level	Not depressed (n = 189)		Depressed (n = 33)		P value
		n	%	n	%
Sex	Male	78	87.6	11	12.4	.391
	Female	111	83.5	22	16.5
Age group	20-40	93	90.3	10	9.7	.105
	41-60	61	82.4	13	17.6
	>60	35	77.8	10	22.2
Relationship	Father/mother	109	81.3	25	18.7	.05
	Other	80	90.9	8	9.1
Status	Married	105	83.3	21	16.7	.387
	Single	84	87.5	12	12.5
Occupational status	Employee	140	89.2	17	10.8	.009*
	Unemployed	49	75.4	16	24.6
Time spent with the patient	> 8 h a day	48	80	12	20	.13
	≤8 h a day	74	83.1	15	16.9
	Not daily visitor	67	91.8	6	8.2
Patient’s nurse	Yes	103	88.8	13	11.2	.109
	No	86	81.1	20	18.9
Living with the patient	Yes	92	82.1	20	17.9	.206
	No	97	88.2	13	11.8
Financially responsible for the patient	Yes	43	72.9	16	27.1	.002*
	No	146	89.6	17	10.4

Note. P values were calculated using the Pearson chi-square test.

^*P < .05.