Table 2.
Health utility scores of family caregivers
| Characteristics | Number | Mean ± SD | Median (range) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family caregivers | ||||
| Gender | 0.546 | |||
| Male | 139 | 0.81 ± 0.19 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Female | 167 | 0.83 ± 0.15 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Age (years) | 0.092 | |||
| ≤40 | 154 | 0.83 ± 0.16 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| >40 | 152 | 0.80 ± 0.17 | 0.80 (0.33–1.00) | |
| Relationship to patient | 0.010 | |||
| Spouse | 114 | 0.78 ± 0.19 | 0.80 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Parent | 133 | 0.83 ± 0.15 | 0.87 (0.33–1.00) | |
| Child | 43 | 0.85 ± 0.17 | 0.88 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Other | 16 | 0.91 ± 0.14 | 1.00 (0.61–1.00) | |
| Level of education | 0.106 | |||
| No more than primary school | 38 | 0.78 ± 0.16 | 0.78 (0.51–1.00) | |
| Middle or high school | 202 | 0.82 ± 0.18 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| University | 66 | 0.85 ± 0.14 | 0.87 (0.40–1.00) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.386 | |||
| Han | 296 | 0.82 ± 0.17 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Other | 10 | 0.87 ± 0.12 | 0.88 (0.71–1.00) | |
| Religious belief | 0.077 | |||
| No | 260 | 0.81 ± 0.17 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Yes | 46 | 0.87 ± 0.14 | 0.88 (0.51–1.00) | |
| Marital status | 0.724 | |||
| Married | 288 | 0.82 ± 0.17 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Other | 18 | 0.85 ± 0.11 | 0.87 (0.61–1.00) | |
| Duration of caregiving (Months) | 0.856 | |||
| ≤6 | 109 | 0.81 ± 0.19 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| 7–12 | 69 | 0.84 ± 0.15 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| 13–24 | 70 | 0.81 ± 0.16 | 0.80 (0.41–1.00) | |
| >24 | 58 | 0.82 ± 0.16 | 0.87 (0.41–1.00) | |
| Time spent caregiving per day (Hours) | 0.037 | |||
| 0–12 | 126 | 0.83 ± 0.19 | 0.88 (0.29–1.00) | |
| 13–24 | 180 | 0.81 ± 0.16 | 0.80 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Understanding of the disease | 0.606 | |||
| Lacking | 7 | 0.78 ± 0.16 | 0.76 (0.53–1.00) | |
| Partial | 190 | 0.81 ± 0.18 | 0.83 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Fully | 109 | 0.83 ± 0.16 | 0.87 (0.33–1.00) | |
| Annual household income (Yuan) | 0.002 | |||
| ≤40,000 | 165 | 0.79 ± 0.17 | 0.78 (0.29–1.00) | |
| 40,001–79,999 | 131 | 0.85 ± 0.17 | 0.88 (0.29–1.00) | |
| ≥80,000 | 10 | 0.83 ± 0.16 | 0.87 (0.53–1.00) | |
| Employment | 0.021 | |||
| Employed | 236 | 0.83 ± 0.17 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Retired | 22 | 0.71 ± 0.20 | 0.77 (0.41–1.00) | |
| Unemployed | 48 | 0.82 ± 0.14 | 0.79 (0.47–1.00) | |
| Anxiety (HADS score) | 0.063 | |||
| Normal | 23 | 0.88 ± 0.15 | 0.88 (0.51–1.00) | |
| Mild | 118 | 0.83 ± 0.18 | 0.88 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Moderate | 148 | 0.80 ± 0.16 | 0.78 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Severe | 17 | 0.81 ± 0.17 | 0.78 (0.51–1.00) | |
| Depression (HADS score) | 0.393 | |||
| Normal | 120 | 0.82 ± 0.19 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Mild | 145 | 0.82 ± 0.15 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Moderate | 41 | 0.79 ± 0.16 | 0.78 (0.33–1.00) | |
| Social support (SSRSG score) | 0.000 | |||
| Low | 153 | 0.76 ± 0.17 | 0.78 (0.29–1.00) | |
| High | 153 | 0.88 ± 0.14 | 0.88 (0.50–1.00) | |
| Family function (APGAR score) | 0.000 | |||
| Severely dysfunctional | 74 | 0.75 ± 0.18 | 0.78 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Moderate dysfunctional | 155 | 0.82 ± 0.16 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Highly functional | 77 | 0.89 ± 0.15 | 1.00 (0.50–1.00) | |
| Patients | ||||
| Gender | 0.381 | |||
| Male | 144 | 0.81 ± 0.17 | 0.80 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Female | 162 | 0.82 ± 0.17 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Age(years) | 0.303 | |||
| <15 | 72 | 0.81 ± 0.15 | 0.79 (0.33–1.00) | |
| ≥15 | 234 | 0.82 ± 0.18 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.326 | |||
| Han | 292 | 0.82 ± 0.17 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Other | 14 | 0.86 ± 0.16 | 0.88 (0.41–1.00) | |
| Types of leukemia | 0.037 | |||
| All | 93 | 0.83 ± 0.15 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| AML | 163 | 0.83 ± 0.18 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |
| CLL | 8 | 0.66 ± 0.17 | 0.73 (0.41–1.00) | |
| CML | 42 | 0.80 ± 0.18 | 0.78 (0.29–1.00) | |
| Duration since diagnosis (months) | 0.258 | |||
| 0–6 | 36 | 0.79 ± 0.19 | 0.78 (0.29–1.00) | |
| 7–12 | 82 | 0.83 ± 0.19 | 0.88 (0.29–1.00) | |
| 12–24 | 91 | 0.81 ± 0.17 | 0.78 (0.29–1.00) | |
| >24 | 97 | 0.82 ± 0.15 | 0.87 (0.41–1.00) | |
| Medical insurance | 0.092 | |||
| No | 278 | 0.77 ± 0.17 | 0.78 (0.41–1.00) | |
| Yes | 28 | 0.82 ± 0.17 | 0.87 (0.29–1.00) | |