Table 2.

Comparison of care burden scores of caregivers of pancreatic cancer patients with different characteristics (scores).

Indicators	Group	The assignment	Scores (− $x$ ±s)	t/F value	p value
Age (years)	<30	1	45.67 ± 20.65	3.338	0.013
	31–40	2	37.47 ± 18.74
	41–50	3	44.43 ± 19.35
	51–60	4	55.03 ± 22.81
	>60	5	37.39 ± 18.25
Gender	Male	1	40 ± 21	−1.748	0.084
	Female	2	47 ± 21
Level of education	Primary school and below	1	60.76 ± 18.36	8.079	<0.001
	High school	2	46.23 ± 21.48
	Technical secondary school and junior college	3	37.65 ± 17.01
	Bachelor degree or above	4	32.19 ± 15.38
Monthly household income (yuan)	<3,000	1	49.50 ± 25.10	4.068	0.020
	3,000–5,000	2	51.24 ± 20.71
	>5,000	3	39.03 ± 18.76
Relationship with patients	spouse	1	43.30 ± 20.18	0.706	0.590
	children	2	45.86 ± 22.27
	parents	3	27.50 ± 0.70
	Brothers and sisters	4	25.0
	others	5	57.0
Medical insurance reimbursement rate	≤30%	2	55.00 ± 27.72	1.267	0.290
	31–60%	3	46.48 ± 21.35
	61–80%	4	43.68 ± 20.36
	81–100%	5	36.87 ± 18.65
Knowledge of the condition	Have no idea	1	42.50 ± 12.02	5.269	0.002
	Know a little	2	55.03 ± 19.19
	Probably know	3	41.13 ± 20.22
	Know very well	4	34.33 ± 19.45
Total care time	<1 month	1	44.10 ± 21.46	0.161	0.922
	1-3 months	2	43.76 ± 18.27
	3-6 months	3	35.00 ± 22.63
	>6 months	4	46.30 ± 25.76
Family financial pressure	The heavier pressure	1	56.12 ± 18.12	16.613	<0.001
	Moderate pressure	2	39.92 ± 19.67
	Lighter pressure	3	24.17 ± 9.90
Working state	on-the-job	1	44.36 ± 20.58	0.137	0.892
	Not on-the-job	2	43.78 ± 21.35