Table 2.
Means (Standard Deviations in Parentheses) Based on Military Status and Relationship to the Person With TBI for HRQOL Measures
| Military status |
Relationship with person with TBI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Military (n = 151) | Civilian (n = 184) | p | Spouse (n = 157) | Parent (n = 96) | Other family (n = 59) | Nonrelated (n = 22) | p |
| TBI-CareQOL | ||||||||
| Anxiety | 56.6(8.1) | 50.4 (10.0) | <.001 | 55.3 (9.3) | 52.3 (8.9) | 50.2 (10.9) | 49.9 (9.0) | <.001b |
| Caregiver Strain | 54.8 (8.9) | 47.1 (10.5) | <.001 | 53.8 (9.7) | 48.9 (10.7) | 45.7 (11.1) | 47.7 (6.7) | <.001a,b |
| Feeling Trapped | 54.8 (7.9) | 45.6 (8.3) | <.001 | 52.5 (8.9) | 47.5 (8.4) | 45.0 (8.8) | 46.2 (7.3) | <.001a,b,c |
| Feelings of Loss | 52.8 (9.5) | 46.5 (10.5) | <.001 | 51.9 (10.1) | 48.7 (10.2) | 45.1 (10.7) | 45.9 (10.1) | <.001b |
| PROMIS | ||||||||
| Anxiety | 56.1 (10.5) | 51.4(10.5) | <.001 | 56.0 (10.0) | 52.2 (10.6) | 49.9 (11.6) | 51.2(10.4) | .001a,b |
| Depression | 55.1 (9.3) | 50.4 (9.7) | <.001 | 55.0 (8.9) | 51.2(9.9) | 49.1 (10.6) | 50.1 (9.2) | <.001a,b |
| Fatigue | 59.7 (10.4) | 50.9 (9.4) | <.001 | 58.2 (10.1) | 52.6 (10.3) | 49.2 (10.0) | 50.2 (6.7) | <.001a,b,c |
| Anger | 54.1 (10.2) | 50.7 (9.9) | .002 | 54.5 (9.7) | 50.6 (9.8) | 49.6(11.2) | 50.3 (9.2) | .001a,b |
| Participate in SRA | 45.1 (10.1) | 53.1 (9.8) | <.001 | 45.4 (10.2) | 52.3 (9.8) | 54.3 (10.7) | 53.1 (7.1) | <.001a,b,c |
| Emotional Support | 44.0 (9.3) | 49.3 (10.2) | <.001 | 44.6 (9.2) | 48.9 (10.1) | 47.9 (11.7) | 52.1 (8.3) | <.001a,b |
| Satisfaction with SRA | 44.3 (8.6) | 49.1 (10.0) | <.001 | 44.2 (8.4) | 48.4 (10.1) | 50.2(11.3) | 51.0(6.4) | <.001a,b,c |
| Social Isolation | 54.5 (11.5) | 46.5 (9.7) | <.001 | 54.2 (11.3) | 47.1 (9.6) | 46.2(11.3) | 44.5 (7.5) | <.001a,b,c |
| CAS | ||||||||
| Perceived Burden | 38.9 (13.0) | 51.4(13.5) | <.001 | 40.2 (14.1) | 49.4 (13.5) | 52.4 (13.7) | 51.8 (11.3) | <.001a,b,c |
| Satisfaction | 44.2 (6.2) | 42.8 (6.0) | .04 | 43.2 (6.3) | 44.3 (5.5) | 42.9 (7.1) | 43.4 (4.4) | .47 |
| Ideology | 15.4 (3.6) | 16.0 (3.9) | .001 | 14.8 (3.8) | 14.4 (3.8) | 14.4 (3.7) | 14.9 (4.5) | .85 |
| Mastery | 13.4 (2.8) | 13.8 (3.1) | .18 | 13.8 (3.0) | 13.5 (3.1) | 13.4 (3.0) | 13.4 (2.9) | .82 |
Note. TBI-CareQOL = Quality of Life in Caregivers of Traumatic Brain Injury; HRQOL = health-related quality of life; PROMIS = Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; CAS = Caregiver Appraisal Scale; SRA = Social Roles and Activities. Values with different subscripts indicate significant group differences, which are as follows:
a
Spouses differ from parents.
b
Spouses differ from other family.
c
Spouses differ from nonrelatives.