Table 1.
Informal caregivers, Patients and Secondary role strains Characteristics (N = 554)
| Variable | Burden interview | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Test Statistic | P | |
| Caregivers | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 272(49.10) | -0.11 | 0.916 |
| Female | 282(50.90) | ||
| Age | |||
| 65 and below | 298(53.79) | 2.41 | 0.016 |
| 66 and above | 256(46.21) | ||
| Education | |||
| Primary schools and below | 226(40.79) | -0.82 | 0.415 |
| Secondary and above | 328(59.21) | ||
| Self-rated health | |||
| Good | 439(79.24) | 1.98 | 0.048 |
| Poor | 115(20.76) | ||
| Employment status | |||
| Employment | 257(46.39) | 0.68 | 0.499 |
| Unemployment | 291(53.61) | ||
| Caregiver | |||
| Spouse | 442(79.78) | -2.40 | 0.016 |
| Other relatives | 112(20.22) | ||
| Objective burden | |||
| Caregiving hours per day | |||
| ≤4 | 170(30.69) | 19.58 | 0.000 |
| 5-8 | 81(14.62) | ||
| 9-12 | 100(18.05) | ||
| >13 | 203(36.64) | ||
| Patients with critical illness | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 275(49.64) | 0.53 | 0.605 |
| Female | 279(50.36) | ||
| Age | |||
| 65 and below | 280(50.54) | 0.125 | 0.900 |
| 66 and above | 274(49.46) | ||
| Education | |||
| Illiterate | 113(20.40) | -1.82 | 0.069 |
| Educated | 441(79.60) | ||
| Self-rated health | |||
| Good | 251(45.31) | 7.72 | 0.000 |
| Poor | 303(54.69) | ||
| Whether suffered from chronic diseases | |||
| Yes | 194(35.02) | 1.92 | 0.138 |
| No | 360(64.98) | ||
| Secondary stressor | |||
| Savings | |||
| Yes | 204(36.82) | 1.53 | 0.055 |
| No | 350(63.18) | ||
| Debt | |||
| Yes | 231(41.70) | 5.884 | 0.000 |
| No | 323(58.30) | ||
| Total annual per capita incomea | |||
| Q1 | 139(25.09) | 36.14 | 0.000 |
| Q2 | 137(24.73) | ||
| Q3 | 139(25.09) | ||
| Q4 | 139(25.09) | ||
| Whether covered by medical aid system | |||
| No | 519(93.68) | 0.72 | 0.473 |
| Yes | 35(6.32) | ||
| Log OOP of critical illness (Median, IQR) | 10.30(9.66,10.82) | Spearman's rho= 0.1183 | 0.005 |
| Area | |||
| Yantai | 187(33.75) | 11.69 | 0.003 |
| Weifang | 225(40.61) | ||
| Heze | 142(25.63) | ||
Note: a Quartile 1 (Q1) is the poorest and Quartile 4 (Q4) is the richest