Table 3.
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) | |||||||||
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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.