Table 5.

Description between caregivers with ZBI ≥17 and ZBI <17

Patient demographics	Number of patients (n=80)	Number of caregivers with ZBI ≥17 (n=24)	Number of caregivers with ZBI <17 (n=56)	P value
Age (years)				0.616
80 (%)	45 (56.3%)	13 (54.2%)	32 (57.1%)
61–80 (%)	29 (36.3%)	8 (33.3%)	21 (37.5%)
41–60 (%)	5 (6.3%)	3 (12.5%)	2 (3.6%)
<40 (%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)
Gender				0.207
Female (%)	52 (65.0%)	18 (75.0%)	34 (60.7%)
Male (%)	28 (35.0%)	6 (25.0%)	22 (39.7%)
Race				0.582
Chinese (%)	70 (87.5%)	22 (91.7%)	48 (85.7%)
Malay (%)	8 (10.0%)	2 (8.3%)	6 (10.7%)
Indian (%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)
Modified Barthel Index				0.340
<15 (moderate disability) (%)	44 (55.0%)	15 (62.5%)	29 (51.8%)
>16 (independent) (%)	26 (32.5%)	6 (25.0%)	20 (35.7%)
<10 (severe disability) (%)	10 (12.5%)	3 (12.5%)	7 (12.5%)
Number of comorbidities				0.799
>5 (%)	39 (48.8%)	12 (50.0%)	27 (48.2%)
2–5 (%)	33 (41.3%)	10 (41.7%)	23 (41.1%)
<2 (%)	8 (10.0%)	2 (8.3%)	6 (10.7%)
Abbreviated Mental Test				0.289
>6 (mild/no impairment) (%)	48 (60.0%)	13 (54.2%)	35 (62.5%)
0–3 (severe impairment) (%)	19 (23.8%)	8 (33.3%)	11 (19.6%)
4–6 (moderate impairment) (%)	13 (16.3%)	3 (12.5%)	10 (17.9%)
Number of medications				0.731
5–10 (%)	39 (48.8%)	10 (41.7%)	30 (53.6%)
>10 (%)	29 (36.3%)	9 (37.5%)	19 (33.9%)
<5 (%)	12 (15.0%)	5 (20.8%)	7 (12.5%)
Clinical frailty score				0.036
Very fit (%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)
Well (%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Managing well (%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)
Vulnerable (%)	9 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (16.1%)
Mildly frail (%)	20 (25.0%)	6 (25.0%)	14 (25.0%)
Moderately frail (%)	8 (10.0%)	2 (8.3%)	6 (10.7%)
Severely frail (%)	23 (28.8%)	11 (45.8%)	12 (21.4%)
Very severely frail (%)	12 (15.0%)	4 (16.7%)	8 (14.3%)
Terminally ill (%)	5 (6.3%)	1 (4.2%)	4 (7.1%)