Dementia (n = 153) | Non-Dementia (n = 233) | p | Total sample (N = 386) | |
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Caregiver (CG) | ||||
Age (yrs.), M (SD) | 60.8 (13.0) | 61.6 (11.6) | 0.503 a | 61.3 (12.2) |
Sex: Female, N (%) | 122 (80) | 173 (74) | 0.214 b | 295 (76) |
Educational attainment (yrs.), M (SD) | 10.8 (2.7) | 10.7 (2.6) | 0.874 b | 10.8 (2.6) |
Employment status: Employed, N (%) c | 57 (37) | 100 (43) | 0.268 b | 157 (41) |
Relation: Care recipient is… N (%) | 0.310 b | |||
- mother/father (in-law) | 94 (61) | 140 (60) | 234 (61) | |
- spouse | 50 (33) | 86 (37) | 136 (35) | |
- other | 9 (6) | 7 (3) | 16 (4) | |
Received support, N (%) d | 125 (82) | 181 (78) | 0.341 b | 306 (79) |
Subjective burden (CSI), M (SD) | 7.9 (2.6) | 7.1 (2.9) | 0.004 a | 7.4 (2.8) |
QoL (CarerQoL), M (SD) | 7.4 (2.8) | 8.1 (2.7) | 0.013 a | 7.9 (2.8) |
Depressiveness (PHQ-9), M (SD) | 8.5 (5.0) | 7.6 (5.1) | 0.094 a | 8.0 (5.1) |
Benefits (BIZA), M (SD) | 12.4 (3.9) | 12.2 (3.7) | 0.726 a | 12.3 (3.8) |
Physical complaints (GBB), PR, MDN (MAD) | 80 (21.0) | 74 (23.5) | 0.132 a | 76 (22.7) |
Care recipient (CR) | ||||
Age (yrs.), M (SD) | 82.8 (7.0) | 81.4 (7.5) | 0.063 a | 81.9 (7.3) |
Sex: Female, N (%) | 101 (66) | 141 (61) | 0.275 b | 242 (63) |
Number of morbidities (incl. dementia), M (SD) | 2.88 (1.68) | 2.43 (1.50) | 0.006 a | 2.60 (1.58) |
Morbidities: Major disease groups (ICD-10), N (%) e | ||||
- II: Neoplasms | 6 (4) | 38 (16) | 44 (11) | |
- IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | 33 (21) f | 53 (23) | 86 (22) | |
- V: Mental and behavioral disorders | 5 (3) | 7 (3) | 12 (3) | |
- VII: Diseases of the eye and adnexa | 5 (3) | 14 (6) | 19 (5) | |
- IX: Diseases of the circulatory system | 48 (31) | 94 (40) | 142 (37) | |
- X: Diseases of the respiratory system | 7 (5) | 11 (5) | 18 (5) | |
- XI: Diseases of the digestive system | 2 (1) | 5 (2) | 7 (2) | |
- XII: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 1 (1) | 1 (0) | 2 (1) | |
- XIII: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 14 (9) | 41 (18) | 55 (14) | |
- XIV: Diseases of the genitourinary system | 3 (2) | 12 (5) | 15 (4) | |
Care situation | ||||
Living situation: Together, N (%) | 108 (71) | 162 (70) | 0.824 b | 270 (70) |
Duration of care (mo.), M (SD) | 52.4 (41.2) | 53.1 (57.4) | 0.892 a | 52.8 (51.5) |
Total care time (hrs./day), M (SD) g | 11.9 (4.2) | 10.8 (4.1) | 0.010 a | 11.2 (4.2) |