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. 2021 Jan 28;9(2):129. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9020129

Table 3.

Relationship between quitting in leisure activities caused by nursing care, nursing care status, and mental health.

Experience of Quitting In-Home Activities (a) Experience of Quitting Out-of-Home Personal Activities (b) Experience of Quitting Out-of-Home Group Activities (c) Experience of Quitting Cultural and Entertainment Out-of-Home Activities (d)
Variables Yes
n = 30
No
n = 140
p-Value Yes
n = 55
No
n = 116
p-Value Yes
n = 47
No
n = 124
p-Value Yes
n = 63
No
n = 108
p-Value
Care recipient status
 ADL (e) care provided (0–10) 5.7 4.1 <0.001 5.0 4.1 0.041 4.7 4.2 0.255 4.7 4.2 0.285
 IADL (f) care provided (0–7) 4.7 4.1 0.134 4.3 4.0 0.394 4.6 4.0 0.124 4.3 4.1 0.577
 Number of secondary caregivers 1.8 1.6 0.610 1.9 1.6 0.069 1.8 1.7 0.667 1.9 1.6 0.129
 Cognitive impairment (0–16) 2.1 1.6 0.336 2.1 1.6 0.165 2.1 1.6 0.214 2.0 1.5 0.197
Caregivers’ Mental Health
 Subjective care burden (1–4) 3.4 3.0 0.007 3.3 2.9 0.004 3.3 3.0 0.020 3.3 3.0 0.025
 CES-D (g) 8.1 8.0 0.849 9.1 7.5 0.031 9.5 7.5 0.008 8.9 7.5 0.057

(a) In-home activities: reading books, listening to music, drawing, exercises, horticulture, handicrafts. (b) Out-of-home personal leisure activities: walking, eating out, drinking coffee, and shopping. (c) Out-of-home group activities: neighborhood associations, hobby associations, and family caregiver associations. (d) Cultural and entertainment out-of-home activities: sports, travel, watching movies, and watching art. (e) Activities of daily living, (f) Instrumental activities of daily living, (g) The center for epidemiologic studies depression scale.