Table 2.
Relationship between changes in work caused by nursing care, nursing care status, and mental health.
| Experience of Quitting Work |
Experience of Reducing the Amount of Work |
Experience of Changing Jobs |
Experience of Taking a Long Leave from Work (Taking Care Leave) | Experience of Changing the Employment Condition | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Yes n = 30 |
No n = 140 |
p-Value | Yes n = 26 |
No n = 144 |
p-Value | Yes n = 6 |
No n = 165 |
p-Value | Yes n = 4 |
No n = 167 |
p-Value | Yes n = 12 |
No n = 159 |
p-Value |
| Care recipient status | |||||||||||||||
| ADL (a) care provided (0–10) | 5.0 | 4.1 | 0.045 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 0.082 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 0.531 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 0.932 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 0.721 |
| IADL (b) care provided (0–7) | 4.5 | 4.0 | 0.268 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 0.024 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 0.838 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 0.596 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 0.655 |
| Number of secondary caregivers | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.185 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.616 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.774 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.189 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.131 |
| Cognitive impairment (0–16) | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.085 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.060 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.773 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.297 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.772 |
| Caregivers’ Mental Health | |||||||||||||||
| Subjective care burden (1–4) | 3.2 | 3.1 | 0.274 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.902 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.731 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.091 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 0.361 |
| CES-D (c) | 8.9 | 7.7 | 0.146 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 0.675 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 0.286 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 0.417 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 0.230 |
(a) Activities of daily living, (b) Instrumental activities of daily living, (c) The center for epidemiologic studies depression scale.