Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the caregivers (N = 175).
| Characteristics | Depression N = 20 |
Non-depression N = 155 |
Total N = 175 |
z/x2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.43 | 0.51 | |||
| Male | 5 (25.0) | 50 (32.3) | 55 (31.4) | ||
| Female | 15 (75.0) | 105 (67.7) | 120 (68.6) | ||
| Age | 57.5 ± 9.3 | 59.7 ± 12.6 | 59.5 ± 12.3 | − 1.57 | 0.12 |
| Duration of caring | 10.7 ± 6.5 | 7.4 ± 5.1 | 7.8 ± 5.3 | − 2.40 | 0.02* |
| Education | 0.06 | 0.81 | |||
| Less than high school (< 12) | 7 (35.0) | 50 (32.3) | 57 (32.6) | ||
| More than college (≧12) | 13 (65.0) | 105 (67.7) | 118 (67.4) | ||
| Years of education | 11.2 ± 3.8 | 11.4 ± 4.4 | 11.4 ± 4.3 | − 0.44 | 0.66 |
| Marital status | 0.26 | 0.61 | |||
| Unmarried | 2 (10.0) | 22 (14.2) | 24 (13.7) | ||
| Married | 18 (90.0) | 133 (85.8) | 151 (86.3) | ||
| Unemployment | 12 (60.0) | 104 (67.1) | 116 (66.3) | 0.40 | 0.53 |
| Comorbid with other diseases | 11 (55.0) | 76 (49.0) | 87 (49.7) | 0.25 | 0.62 |
| Past psychiatric history | 13.23 | < 0.001* | |||
| No psychiatric history | 14 (70.0) | 146 (94.2) | 160 (91.4) | ||
| Depressive disorder | 3 (15.0) | 3 (1.9) | 6 (3.4) | ||
| Anxiety disorder | 2 (10.0) | 1 (0.6) | 3 (1.7) | ||
| Insomnia | 3 (15.0) | 6 (3.9) | 9 (5.1) | ||
| Suicide history | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 0.13 | 0.72 |
| Family psychiatric history | 0.76 | 0.68 | |||
| No psychiatric history | 18 (90.0) | 147 (94.8) | 165 (94.3) | ||
| Depressive disorder | 1 (5.0) | 6 (3.9) | 7 (4.0) | ||
| Anxiety disorder | 1 (5.0) | 2 (1.3) | 3 (1.7) | ||
| Family suicide history | 1 (5.0) | 5 (3.2) | 6 (3.4) | 0.17 | 0.68 |
| Anxiolytics/Hypnotics use | 6 (30.0) | 11 (7.1) | 17 (9.7) | 10.60 | 0.001* |
| UPDRS of caring patients | 41.8 ± 22.2 | 37.7 ± 12.2 | 37.9 ± 13.1 | − 0.38 | 0.71 |
| H&Y staging | 2.6 ± 0.9 | 2.1 ± 0.4 | 2.2 ± 0.4 | − 0.61 | 0.54 |
| BHS | 5.1 (0–14) | 3.1 (0–15) | 3.3 (0–15) | − 2.08 | 0.04* |
| FSS | 33.4 ± 13.4 | 23.0 ± 13.4 | 24.1 ± 13.8 | − 3.24 | 0.001* |
| CDRISC | 23.4 ± 7.2 | 31.8 ± 7.6 | 30.8 ± 8.0 | − 4.33 | < 0.001* |
| HAMD | 13.0 (3–26) | 2.5 (0–13) | 3.7 (0–26) | − 7.03 | < 0.001* |
UPDRS Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, BHS Beck Hopelessness Scale, FSS Fatigue Severity Scale, CORISC Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, HAMD Hamilton depression rating scale, H&Y staging Hoehn and Yahr staging, *p < 0.05.