Table 2.
Socio-demographics, perceived health and EQ5D results among caregivers based on diagnostic groups, N = 343
| Caregivers | Diagnostic groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dementia | Heart/lung | Stroke | Fracture | Depression | Other | |
| Socio-demographics, n (%) | 90a (26) | 48 (14) | 62 (18) | 66 (19) | 40 (12) | 37a (11) |
| Female, n (%) | 52 (58) | 27 (56) | 34 (55) | 37 (56) | 20 (50) | 19 (51) |
| Age, (years) | ||||||
| 30–64 | 42 (47) | 23 (48) | 34 (55) | 35 (53) | 21 (52) | 23 (48) |
| 65–74 | 19 (21) | 14 (29) | 9 (14) | 18 (27) | 10 (25) | 14 (29) |
| 75–84 | 19 (21) | 8 (17) | 13 (21) | 8 (12) | 4 (10) | 8 (17) |
| 85–93 | 10 (11) | 3 (6) | 6 (10) | 5 (8) | 5 (13) | 3 (6) |
| Age, md (q1–q3) | 66 (60–79) | 65 (56–74) | 64 (56–79) | 64 (57–70) | 64 (57–74) | 62 (56–70) |
| Living alone, n (%) | 13 (15) | 8 (17) | 8 (13) | 22 (34) | 7 (17) | 9 (25) |
| Employed or student, n (%) | 30 (33) | 20 (42) | 28 (45) | 20 (30) | 17 (43) | 20 (54) |
| Education, n (%) | ||||||
| Elementary school or less | 35 (41) | 21 (44) | 23 (37) | 21 (32) | 14 (36) | 10 (29) |
| Secondary school | 23 (27) | 14 (29) | 21 (34) | 19 (29) | 11 (28) | 13 (37) |
| > 1 year above secondary school | 28 (32) | 13 (27) | 18 (29) | 25 (39) | 14 (36) | 12 (34) |
| Perceived health, n (%) | ||||||
| Very good | 29 (34) | 11 (23) | 23 (37) | 23 (35) | 11 (29) | 8 (23) |
| Good | 33 (39) | 13 (27) | 16 (26) | 21 (32) | 12 (31) | 9 (26) |
| Poor | 23 (27) | 24 (50) | 23 (37) | 22 (33) | 16 (40) | 18 (51) |
| EQ5D moderate, severe problems, n (%) | ||||||
| Mobility | 16 (18) | 4 (8) | 11 (18) | 8 (12) | 11 (28) | 5 (14) |
| Hygiene, self-care | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (5) | 1 (2) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) |
| Daily activities | 12 (13) | 2 (4) | 7 (11) | 8 (12) | 2 (5) | 3 (8) |
| Pain, discomfort | 47 (52) | 27 (56) | 5 (8) | 47 (71) | 22 (55) | 6 (15) |
| Anxiety, depressive mood | 35 (39) | 13 (27) | 19 (31) | 17 (26) | 17 (42) | 9 (22) |
aEQ5D dementia group n = 86, “Other” group n = 35