Table 2.

Distribution of prevalence of negative emotion among the study caregivers.

	No	Yes	Total	p-value
n (%)	588 (83.5)	116 (16.5)	704 (100.0)
Sex, n (%)
Men, n (%)	188 (85.1)	33 (14.9)	221 (100.0)	0.43
Women, n (%)	396 (82.7)	83 (17.3)	479 (100.0)
Caregiver age, n (%)
<45, n (%)	255 (85.6)	43 (14.4)	298 (100.0)	0.21
⩾45, n (%)	333 (82.0)	73 (18.0)	406 (100.0)
Education, n (%)
Incomplete secondary school, n (%)	191 (88.8)	24 (11.2)	215 (100.0)	0.01*
Secondary school and higher, n (%)	381 (80.9)	90 (19.1)	471 (100.0)
Occupation, n (%)
Unemployed, n (%)	45 (91.8)	4 (8.2)	49 (100.0)	0.10
Employed, n (%)	517 (82.7)	108 (17.3)	625 (100.0)
Relation, n (%)
Spouse, n (%)	266 (81.3)	61 (18.7)	327 (100.0)	0.14
Children, n (%)	143 (83.6)	28 (16.4)	171 (100.0)
Others, n (%)	174 (87.9)	24 (12.1)	198 (100.0)
Support, n (%)
Finance and care, n (%)	274 (80.1)	68 (19.9)	342 (100.0)	0.05
Finance or care, n (%)	188 (85.1)	33 (14.9)	221 (100.0)
Others, n (%)	106 (89.1)	13 (10.9)	119 (100.0)
Financial difficulty, n (%)
Yes, n (%)	483 (83.4)	96 (16.6)	579 (100.0)	0.62
No, n (%)	104 (85.2)	18 (14.8)	122 (100.0)
Location, n (%)
Ha Noi, n (%)	400 (80.8)	95 (19.2)	495 (100.0)	0.01*
Da Nang, n (%)	89 (92.7)	7 (7.3)	96 (100.0)
Ho Chi Minh, n (%)	99 (87.6)	14 (12.4)	113 (100.0)
Knowledge, n (%)
Yes, n (%)	185 (85.6)	31 (14.4)	216 (100.0)	0.29
No, n (%)	390 (82.5)	83 (17.5)	473 (100.0)
Belief, n (%)
Yes, n (%)	532 (82.5)	113 (17.5)	645 (100.0)	0.05
No, n (%)	44 (93.6)	3 (6.4)	47 (100.0)
Social support, n (%)
Low support, n (%)	172 (84.7)	31 (15.3)	203 (100.0)	0.68
Moderate support, n (%)	377 (82.7)	79 (17.3)	456 (100.0)
High support, n (%)	39 (86.7)	6 (13.3)	45 (100.0)

^*The study caregivers were asked if they experienced any negative emotion during the course of taking care the patient (yes/no).