Table 3.

Comparison of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics between caregivers with high burden of care and those with low burden of care

Variables	P values
Caregiver’s variables
Age	0.02
Gender	0.69
Level of education	0.01
Employment status	0.51
Relationship with patient (Parent)	0.002
Currently living with the patient	0.62
Who pays for patient’s treatment (Caregiver alone)	0.001
Total monthly income spent on care	0.07
Duration of time spent in caregiving per day	0.32
Caregiver’s perception of patient’s improvement	0.001
Psychiatric morbidity (GHQ – 12)	0.0001
Patient’s variables
Age	0.003
Gender	1.00
Level of education	0.07
Employment status	0.02
BPRS scores	0.0001
GAF scores	0.0001