Table 2.

Comparison of patient and caregiver characteristics before and after transition.

	PwP	Caregiver	p
Burden because of therapies	4.4 ± 2.5	4.9 ± 3.2	0.3
	Before	After	p
Time spent together (h/w)	128.5 ± 7.1	17.3 ± 20.7	<0.001 *
Time spent for care (h/w)	53.3 ± 49.8	10.1 ± 15.8	0.007 *
Burden of caregiver in total	57.6 ± 19.6	20 ± 7.1	<0.001 *
Time spent for caregiving tasks (h/w)	67.8 ± 39.8	24.4 ± 23.7	0.002 *
Depression patient	45 ± 20.3	40.9 ± 27.5	0.4
Fear of the future (%)	42.9 ± 22.2	29.1 ± 26.9	0.1
Barthel Index	37.5 ± 20.1	27.5 ± 9.7	0.02 *

Abbreviations: h/w, hours per week; * p ≤ 0.05.