Table 2.
Quality of life of informal caregivers according to care characteristics.
| Variable | Physical Health | Mental Health | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X ± SD | p | X ± SD | p | |
| Care characteristics | ||||
| Caring for | ||||
| One person | 53.5 ± 22.5 | 0.451 | 49.1 ± 23.1 | 0.592 |
| More than one | 58.3 ± 17.4 | 52.6 ± 19.4 | ||
| Live in a joint household with the person caring for | ||||
| No | 57.5 ± 23.9 | 0.363 | 51.4 ± 24.8 | 0.663 |
| Yes | 53.1 ± 21.1 | 49.2 ± 21.9 | ||
| Caring for a family member | ||||
| No | 76.7 ± 16.3 | 0.001 | 71.9 ± 18.6 | 0.002 |
| Yes | 52.2 ± 21.1 | 47.8 ± 21.8 | ||
| Providing care frequency | ||||
| Daily | 61.9 ± 17.1 | 0.237 | 59.4 ± 18.0 | 0.153 |
| Less than daily | 53.4 ± 22.1 | 48.7 ± 22.7 | ||
| Someone else participates and helps in providing care | ||||
| No | 51.7 ± 20.7 | 0.242 | 47.8 ± 21.3 | 0.369 |
| Yes | 56.5 ± 22.7 | 51.6 ± 23.6 | ||
| Level of care complexity | −0.319 * | 0.001 | −0.336 * | <0.001 |
| Duration of care | −0.189 * | 0.062 | −0.122 * | 0.230 |
| COVID-19 pandemic related questions | ||||
| Do you think that your health is more endangered now compared to the period before the coronavirus pandemic? | ||||
| No | 57.3 ± 21.4 | 0.048 | 52.0 ± 23.2 | 0.169 |
| Yes | 49.0 ± 21.5 | 46.0 ± 21.2 | ||
| Do you now fear more for yourself and the health of the person you are caring for? | ||||
| No | 60.3 ± 22.4 | 0.022 | 57.5 ± 23.8 | 0.006 |
| Yes | 50.5 ± 20.7 | 45.2 ± 20.7 | ||
X, mean; SD, standard deviation; * Correlation coefficient.