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. 2018 Nov 20;17:124. doi: 10.1186/s12904-018-0376-3

Table 2.

Comparison of AG, well-being, and burden among different groups

Score Overall (n = 108) Sp_Early (n = 36) Sp_Late (n = 18) Ac_Early (n = 37) Ac_Late (n = 17) Krusal-Wallis Test statistics p-value
Median [25th percentile, 75th percentile]
MM-CGI-SF total score 57.00 [47.00, 69.75] 63.50 [47.00, 72.00] 76.50 [65.00, 79.25] 52.00 [46.00, 60.00] 49.00 [39.50, 57.50] 27.662 < 0.001
MM-CGI-SF Personal Sacrifice Burden sub-score 21.00 [16.00, 25.00] 23.00 [16.25, 25.00] 26.50 [21.50, 30.00] 19.00 [16.00, 24.00] 17.00 [15.00, 20.00] 16.917 0.001
MM-CGI-SF Heartfelt Sadness & Longing sub-score 19.00 [15.25, 23.00] 20.00 [16.00, 23.00] 26.00 [19.75, 27.50] 17.00 [14.50, 20.00] 18.00 [14.50, 19.50] 29.689 < 0.001
MM-CGI-SF Worry & Felt Isolation sub-score 17.25 [13.25, 21.00] 19.50 [15.25, 21.75] 23.00 [17.75, 26.25] 15.00 [13.00, 19.00] 14.00 [11.50, 18.50] 24.323 < 0.001
ZBI total score 45.00 [30.00, 56.00] 45.50 [33.00, 59.50] 57.50 [37.00, 71.00] 44.00 [26.50, 52.00] 38.00 [27.50, 50.00] 11.937 0.008
PWI total score 6.44 [4.91, 7.34] 6.69 [5.00, 7.59] 5.19 [3.06, 7.03] 6.88 [5.81, 7.50] 5.75 [5.19, 6.94] 6.550 0.088

Remarks: MM-CGI-SF Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory Short Form, ZBI Zarit Burden Interview, PWI Personal Well-being Index. Sp_Early Spousal caregivers of a relative with earlier stage dementia, Sp_Late Spousal caregivers of a relative with later stage dementia, Ac_Early Adult children caregivers of a relative with earlier stage dementia, Ac_Late: Adult children caregivers of a relative with later stage dementia

The boldface were significant p-value at <.05