Table 3.

Caregiver impact score.

Negative Impact of Child’s Disability on:	Impact (%)			Mean (SD)	Relationship to GHQ-12
	No Negative Impact	Negative Impact	Very Negative Impact		r	p
Household economy	30.2	31.7	38.1	1.08 (0.8)	0.45	<0.001 **
Your physical health	34.9	42.9	22.2	0.87 (0.8)	0.44	<0.001 **
Your workload	25.4	34.9	39.7	1.14 (0.8)	0.48	<0.001 *
Other siblings	55.6	33.3	11.1	0.56 (0.7)	0.36	0.004 *
Your social life	36.5	34.9	28.6	0.92 (0.8)	0.30	0.016 *
Your marital relationship	87.3	4.8	7.9	0.21 (0.6)	0.28	0.028 *
Your own dreams and expectations for the future	19	49.3	31.7	1.13 (0.7)	0.49	<0.001 **
Sum score (range 0–14)				5.91 (3.61)	0.579	<0.001 **

Note: * significant at p < 0.05; ** significant at p < 0.01; r = Pearson correlation coefficient.