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. 2021 Apr 1;18(7):3688. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073688

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for independent variables (n = 73).

Variables Percentage/Mean (SD)
Predisposing factors
Caregiver gender (%)
Male 13.70
Female 86.30
Caregiver mean (SD) age 54.27 ± 12.31
Care-receiver gender (%)
Male 39.73
Female 60.27
Care-receiver mean (SD) age 80.73 ± 7.69
Caregiver education (%)
12 years or less 40.85
More than 12 years 59.15
Caregiver religion (%)
Jewish 81.43
Non-Jewish 18.57
Caregiver/care-receiver relationship (%)
Spouse 25.3
Children 74.7
Mean (SD) susceptibility to contracting COVID-19 2.51 ± 0.93
Mean (SD) fear of contracting COVID-19 3.13 ± 1.34
Enabling/impeding factors
Care-receiver lives with caregiver (%) 39.73
Caregiver net monthly income (%)
Below average 62.50
Average 16.67
Above average 20.83
Private health insurance (%) 56.16
Need factors
Caregiver reported feelings of loneliness (%)
Very often 41.10
Sometimes/never 58.90
Caregiver reported feelings of burden (%)
High feelings 30.14
No/light/medium feelings 69.86
Mean (SD) number of years since diagnosis 5.01 ± 2.97
Mean (SD) care-receiver’s cognitive functioning 21.45 ± 6.72
Mean (SD) care-receiver’s problematic behaviors 2.13 ± 0.69
Caregiver reported diabetes diagnosis (%) 24.64
Caregiver reported blood pressure diagnosis (%) 7.14
Caregiver reported heart disease diagnosis (%) 9.86
Caregiver reported pulmonary diagnosis (%) 5.97