Table 4.

Relationship between demographic characteristics of family caregivers and their needs at four different times

Variable		No		Stage				Statistical Test
				Admission time	pre-discharge	2 weeks after discharge	12 weeks after discharge
Age		200	Correlation Coefficient	0.093	0.091	0.121	0.090	Spearman ‘s correlation coefficient
			P_value	0.355	0.37	0.23	0.373
sex	Female	140	Mean	49.91	49.85	52.11	52.89	Mann–Whitney
	Male	60	Statistic value	51.88	52.02	46.75	42.92
				0.32-	0.351-	0.85-	1.259-
			P_value	0.748	0.725	0.396	0.308
Education	Elementary	76	Mean of ranks	58.04	57.47	47.79	44.58	Kruskal–Wallis
	High school	44	Statistic value Statistic value	49.95	51.02	53.70	53.48
	Diploma	52		34.72	45.17	48.69	55.75
	Bachelor and above	28		41.61	40.64	56.18	52.14
				5.189	3.951	1.247	2.72
			P_value	0.158	0.175	0.742	0.436
Job	Employee	80	Mean of ranks	44.96	44.64	42.55	41.77	Mann–Whitney
	House wife	120	Statistic value	44.28	44.23	45.41	45.78
				−0.119	−0.037	−0.49	−0.687
			P_value	0.905	0.971	0.624	0.492
Relatives	Daughter	130	Mean of ranks	48.24	37.78	35.67	37.46	Kruskal–Wallis
	Son	50		35.4	35.68	36.04	34.94
	husband	20		46.3	37.35	42.45	42.90
			Statistic value	0.298	0.159	1.447	1.138
			P_value	0.862	0.934	0.485	0.157
Residence with the elderly	Yes	84	Mean of ranks	48.5	48.54	35.57	54.44	Mann–Whitney
	No	116		51.85	51.92	48.28	47.65
			Statistic value	−0.603	- o.592	−0.904	−1.159
			P_value	0.547	0.554	0.466	0.247
Marital status	Single	32	Mean of ranks	45.62	45.78	49.22	48.03	Mann–Whitney
	Married	166		50.84	50.81	50.15	50.38
			Statistic value	−0.684	−0.659	−0.119	− 0.3
			P_value	0.494	0.51	0.905	0.764