Table 2.
Correlates of covariates for caregiver burden
| Care-recipient (CR) characteristics | Caregiver (CG) characteristics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1 | Caregiver burden† | - | |||||
| 2 | Age (CR) | .20 | - | ||||
| 3 | Comorbidity (CR)† | .25* | .25* | - | |||
| 4 | Cognitive fluency (CR) | .20 | .04 | .08 | - | ||
| 5 | Gender (CG) | .22 | .19 | .15 | .03 | - | |
| 6 | Self-reported health (CG)† | .20 | -.03 | .13 | .10 | .11 | - |
†
Higher scores indicate more caregiver burden, comorbidity, and worse self-reported health;
*
p-value <.05
Note: Caregiver burden was dichotomous into high (score ≥ 12 points) and low.