Table 3.

Caregiving costs in USD per caregiver and mental health outcomes

Cost categories	No depressive symptoms (score < 10) n = 108		Depressive symptoms (score ≥ 10) n = 13
	Mean costs (SD)	Median costs [IQR]	Mean costs (SD)	Median costs [IQR]	P-value*
Direct Costs	16.32 (12.19)	11.6 [4.9–13.5]	19.46 (12.66)	19.2 [15.9–21.3]	0.33
Indirect Costs	10.76 (7.44)	8.7 [5.1–12.0]	13.84 (7.99)	14.3 [12.0–17.5]	0.09
Total Costs	27.21 (14.87)	23.9 [16.7–30.1]	34.01 (14.62)	40.2 [18.1–47.0]	0.11

*Mann-Whitney tests on non-normal cost data

USD United States Dollars, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range.