Table 4.

Proportion of low and high burden regarding Total burden sum score and the five subscales of Caregiver Burden Scale (CBS) by diagnostic group

CBS n (%)	Dementia 90 (26)	p	Heart/lung 48 (14)	p	Stroke 62 (18)	p	Fracture 66 (19)	p	Depression 40 (12)	p	Other 37 (11)	p
Total burden
Low	43 (48)		38 (79)		46 (74)		47 (71)		24 (60)		28 (76)
High	45 (50)	0.831	9 (19)	< 0.001	13 (21)	< 0.001	18 (27)	< 0.001	15 (38)	0.150	8 (21)	0.001
Missing	2 (2)		1 (1)		3 (5)		1 (2)		1 (2)		1 (3)
Strain
Low	36 (40)		33 (70)		38 (61)		41 (62)		19 (47)		23 (62)
High	53 (59)	0.072	14 (29)	0.006	22 (36)	0.039	24 (36)	0.035	21 (53)	0.752	13 (35)	0.096
Missing	1 (1)		1 (1)		2 (3)		1 (2)		–		1 (3)
Isolation
Low	44 (49)		35 (73)		41 (66)		45 (68)		24 (60)		20 (54)
High	46 (51)	0.833	13 (27)	0.001	20 (32)	0.007	20 (30)	0.002	15 (38)	0.150	16 (43)	0.505
Missing	–		–		1 (2)		1 (2)		1 (2)		1 (3)
Disappointment
Low	45 (50)		37 (78)		46 (74)		45 (68)		20 (50)		30 (81)
High	44 (49)	0.916	10 (21)	< 0.001	15 (24)	< 0.001	21 (32)	0.003	19 (48)	0.873	6 (16)	< 0.001
Missing	1 (1)		1 (1)		1 (2)		–		1 (2)		1 (3)
Emotional
Low	39 (43)		35 (73)		46 (74)		49 (74)		23 (58)		27 (73)
High	50 (56)	0.244	13 (27)	0.001	14 (23)	< 0.001	17 (26)	< 0.001	17 (42)	0.343	9 (24)	0.003
Missing	1 (1)		–		2 (3)		–		–		1 (3)
Environment
Low	62 (69)		41 (85)		45 (73)		52 (79)		29 (73)		27 (75)
High	27 (30)	< 0.001	7 (15)	< 0.001	16 (26)	< 0.001	13 (20)	< 0.001	11 (27)	0.004	9 (24)	0.003
Missing	1 (1)		–		1 (1)		1 (1)		–		1 (3)

Differences in proportions were tested with the Pearson’s Chi-squared test, N = 343