Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and family caregivers (n = 306)
| Characteristics of family caregivers (FCs) | |
| Gender (% of women) | 167 (54.6%) |
| Age (years, Mean ± SD) | 41.20 ± 10. 81 |
| Ethnicity (% of Han) | 296 (96.7%) |
| Duration of caregiving (Month, Mean ± SD) | 15.52 ± 6.90 |
| Hours of caregiving per day (Hour, Mean ± SD) | 17.83 ± 7.21 |
| Understanding of the disease (n, %) | |
| Incompletely | 7 (2.3%) |
| Partial | 190 (62.1%) |
| Completely | 109 (35.6%) |
| Relationship to patient (n, %) | |
| Spouse | 114 (37.3%) |
| Parent | 133 (43.5%) |
| Child | 43 (14.0%) |
| Other | 16 (5.2%) |
| Level of education (n, %) | |
| No more than primary school | 38 (12.4%) |
| Middle or high school | 202 (66.0%) |
| University | 66 (21.6%) |
| Marital status (n, %) | |
| Married | 288 (94.1%) |
| Other | 18 (5.9%) |
| Employment (n, %) | |
| Employed | 236 (77.1%) |
| Retired | 22 (7.2%) |
| Unemployed | 48 (15.7%) |
| Religious belief (n, %) | |
| No | 260 (85.0%) |
| Yes | 46 (15.0%) |
| Annual household income (Yuan) | |
| ≤40,000 | 165 (53.9%) |
| 40,001–79,999 | 131 (42.8%) |
| ≥80,000 | 10 (3.3%) |
| Anxiety (Mean ± SD) | 10.81 ± 2.32 |
| Depression (Mean ± SD) | 8.17 ± 2.23 |
| Social support (Mean ± SD) | 37.00 ± 7.91 |
| Family function (APGAR score, Mean ± SD) | 6.76 ± 1.82 |
| Characteristics of patients | |
| Gender | 162 (52.9%) |
| Age | 35.65 ± 20.68 |
| Ethnicity | 292 (95.4%) |
| Types of leukemia (n, %) | |
| ALL | 93 (30.4%) |
| AML | 163 (53.3%) |
| CLL | 8 (2.6%) |
| CML | 42 (13.7%) |
| Medical insurance (n, %) | |
| Yes | 278 (90.8%) |
| No | 28 (9.2%) |
| Duration since diagnosis (Month, Mean ± SD) | 21.31 ± 18.37 |