Table 3.
Means (Standard Deviations in Parentheses) Based on Caregiver Gender and Caregiver Race for HRQOL Measures
| Caregiver gender |
Caregiver race |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Male (n = 49) | Female (n = 286) | p | White (n = 259) | Black (n = 48) | Other race (n = 28) | p |
| TBI-CareQOL | |||||||
| Anxiety | 49.3 (9.2) | 52.8 (9.6) | .002 | 53.6 (9.4) | 50.5 (10.7) | 53.6 (10.2) | .13 |
| Caregiver Strain | 46.0 (7.6) | 51.3 (10.8) | <.001 | 45.8 (10.2) | 45.8 (11.0) | 51.4 (10.8) | .004a |
| Feeling Trapped | 45.9 (6.9) | 50.4 (9.5) | .002 | 50.3 (9.3) | 45.7 (8.0) | 51.4(9.9) | .004a,b |
| Feelings of Loss | 44.7 (10.0) | 50.1 (10.4) | <.001 | 50.2 (10.3) | 44.3 (10.5) | 50.2 (10.8) | .002a |
| PROMIS | |||||||
| Anxiety | 56.1 (10.5) | 45.9 (9.5) | 54.8 (10.4) | 54.1 (10.7) | 49.4 (10.6) | 55.0 (10.1) | .02a |
| Depression | 55.1 (9.3) | 45.6 (8.8) | 53.7 (9.5) | 53.1 (9.8) | 47.3 (9.2) | 55.8 (8.1) | <.001a,b |
| Fatigue | 59.7 (10.4) | 48.5 (7.6) | 55.5 (10.7) | 55.1 (10.9) | 50.2 (9.1) | 55.8 (8.9) | .01a |
| Anger | 54.1 (10.2) | 47.9 (9.5) | 53.0(10.1) | 52.5 (10.2) | 49.9 (9.7) | 53.9 (10.5) | .19 |
| Participate in SRA | 45.1 (10.1) | 54.8 (8.7) | 48.5 (10.7) | 48.8 (10.8) | 54.3 (8.4) | 47.5 (11.3) | .003a,b |
| Emotional Support | 44.0 (9.3) | 48.3 (9.8) | 46.6 (10.2) | 47.0 (10.3) | 47.2 (10.2) | 45.4 (8.9) | .70 |
| Satisfaction with SRA | 44.3 (8.6) | 49.8 (7.7) | 46.4 (9.9) | 46.5 (9.6) | 48.9 (10.3) | 47.6 (9.2) | .26 |
| Social Isolation | 54.5 (11.5) | 45.0 (9.2) | 50.9 (11.4) | 50.6(11.5) | 46.6 (8.7) | 51.4 (12.1) | .06 |
| CAS | |||||||
| Perceived Burden | 38.9 (13.0) | 51.5 (11.1) | 44.8 (15.0) | 45.3 (15.0) | 50.3 (11.9) | 42.7 (14.6) | .04 |
| Satisfaction | 44.2 (6.2) | 42.8 (5.8) | 43.5 (6.2) | 44.0 (6.0) | 42.1 (6.1) | 41.0(7.1) | .01a |
| Ideology | 15.4 (3.6) | 14.5 (3.8) | 15.5 (3.6) | 14.4 (3.7) | 15.9 (4.1) | 14.3 (4.0) | .03a |
| Mastery | 13.4 (2.8) | 12.4(3.1) | 13.8 (3.0) | 13.8 (3.1) | 12.7 (2.4) | 13.4(3.3) | .06 |
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.
a,b
indicate significant group differences.