Table 5. Caregiver Burden Assessment.
| Baseline (control, n = 123; intervention, n = 117 |
1 month (control, n = 97; intervention, n = 86) |
F (df) | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Objective burden | 3.66 (1,181) | .05a | |||||
| Time to yourself | Control | 3.9 | 1.07 | 3.8 | 1.10 | ||
| Intervention | 3.7 | 1.16 | 3.8 | 0.95 | |||
| Personal privacy | Control | 3.4 | 0.87 | 3.3 | 0.88 | ||
| Intervention | 3.4 | 0.99 | 3.4 | 0.87 | |||
| Time to spend on recreational activities | Control | 3.9 | 1.10 | 3.8 | 1.10 | ||
| Intervention | 3.7 | 1.15 | 3.7 | 0.99 | |||
| Vacation activities and trips | Control | 3.9 | 1.20 | 3.7 | 1.33 | ||
| Intervention | 3.6 | 1.37 | 3.8 | 1.25 | |||
| Time to do your own work and daily chores | Control | 3.6 | 1.12 | 3.5 | 1.01 | ||
| Intervention | 3.5 | 1.10 | 3.5 | 0.90 | |||
| Time for friends and other relatives | Control | 3.8 | 1.10 | 3.6 | 1.08 | ||
| Intervention | 3.7 | 1.13 | 3.7 | 1.03 | |||
| Objective burden scale score | Control | 22.5 | 5.37 | 21.7 | 5.41 | ||
| Intervention | 21.6 | 5.92 | 21.8 | 4.87 | |||
| Subjective stress burden | .27 (1,181) | .60 | |||||
| Stress in your relationship with your relative | Control | 3.6 | 0.93 | 3.5 | 0.94 | ||
| Intervention | 3.4 | 1.09 | 3.5 | 0.90 | |||
| Tension in your life | Control | 4.1 | 0.91 | 3.9 | 0.97 | ||
| Intervention | 4.1 | 0.77 | 4.0 | 0.76 | |||
| Concerning your relationship with your relative | Control | 3.7 | 0.97 | 3.5 | 0.86 | ||
| Intervention | 3.7 | 0.98 | 3.6 | 0.86 | |||
| Anxiety about things | Control | 4.0 | 0.96 | 3.9 | 0.77 | ||
| Intervention | 4.0 | 0.87 | 3.8 | 0.81 | |||
| Subjective stress burden scale score | Control | 15.3 | 2.98 | 14.8 | 2.76 | ||
| Intervention | 15.2 | 2.86 | 14.9 | 2.60 | |||
| Subjective demand burden | .04 (1,181) | .83 | |||||
| Attempts by your relative to manipulate you | Control | 3.1 | 0.71 | 3.1 | 0.78 | ||
| Intervention | 3.0 | 0.92 | 3.2 | 0.88 | |||
| Unreasonable requests by your relative | Control | 3.2 | 0.78 | 3.2 | 0.82 | ||
| Intervention | 3.1 | 0.87 | 3.0 | 0.77 | |||
| Feelings that you are being taken advantage of by your relative | Control | 3.0 | 0.96 | 3.1 | 0.75 | ||
| Intervention | 2.9 | 0.93 | 3.0 | 0.85 | |||
| Demands that are over and above what s/he needs | Control | 3.2 | 0.90 | 3.2 | 0.75 | ||
| Intervention | 3.1 | 0.87 | 2.9 | 0.82 | |||
| Subjective demand burden scale score | Control | 12.5 | 2.73 | 12.5 | 2.44 | ||
| Intervention | 12.0 | 2.98 | 12.1 | 2.78 | |||
| Overall burden scale score | Control | 50.3 | 8.07 | 49.0 | 7.48 | .90 (1,181) | .34 |
| Intervention | 48.9 | 8.26 | 48.8 | 7.82 | |||
Note. SD = standard deviation.
aStatistically significant at p ≤ .05.