Table 5.

Relationships between self-perceived burden of caregivers and the characteristics of the polyhandicap child

	Self-esteem	Familial support	Financial	Planification	Health
	(0–100)*	(0–100)†	(0–100)†	(0–100)†	(0–100)†
Age
R	−0.002	0.263*	0.160	0.099	0.319†
P value	0.984	0.027	0.176	0.406	0.006
Gender
Boys	79.3±9.98	59.4±17.2	60.1±20.8	73.2±17.6	57.2±20.9
Girls	82.8±12.9	46.5±15.9	58.4±22.8	65.6±18.6	52.6±18.6
P value	0.156	0.002	0.764	0.087	0.441
Severity
Less severe	79.6±10.9	57.2±17.3	64.4±22.2	74.8±18.0	59.5±18.8
Severe	81.7±11.8	51.0±17.7	56.8±21.1	67.0±18.2	52.8±20.2
P value	0.387	0.171	0.129	0.077	0.164
Stability
Stable	80.9±12.1	53.2±17.6	59.3±23.0	70.6±19.3	57.4±21.5
Unstable	81.1±10.7	52.8±18.1	59.3±19.9	68.1±17.2	51.5±16.8
P value	0.884	0.829	0.861	0.475	0.249
Medical
None	80.7±12.1	51.3±16.6	59.4±22.0	68.3±17.7	54.5±19.6
Device
At least one	82±9.94	57.4±19.9	59±21.2	73.2±20.1	56.5±21.0
P value	0.642	0.246	0.980	0.201	0.825

R: correlation coefficient

Bold values: p-values<0.05

*100: best self-esteem.

†100: worse familial support, worse financial impact, worse planification impact, worse health impact.