Attainable score of scales | All (n = 134) | Poor/fair SRH (n = 21) | Good SRH (n = 42) | Very good SRH (n = 52) | Excellent SRH (n = 19) | P (between groups) | |
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Demographic factors | |||||||
Age, years, mean (SD) | 74.1 (8.3) | 73.9 (9.1) | 72.7 (8.4) | 75.5 (7.9) | 73.8 (7.8) | 0.427 | |
Sex, female, n (%) | 105 (78.4) | 18 (85.7) | 33 (78.6) | 39 (75.0) | 15 (78.9) | 0.823 | |
Higher education, n (%) | 104 (77.6) | 15 (71.4) | 31(73.8) | 40 (76.9) | 18 (94.7) | 0.226 | |
Health behaviors | |||||||
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 26.1 (5.5) | 28.1 (8.1) 1) | 27.1 (4.7) 4) | 25.5 (4.9) | 23.5 (4.2) | 0.026 | |
Physical activity, score, mean (SD) | 0 to 6 | 3.31 (1.62) | 2.71 (1.35) 1) 2) | 2.76 (1.28) 4) 5) | 3.62 (1.71) | 4.37 (1.71) | < 0.001 |
Ever smoking, n (%) | 58 (43.3) | 11 (52.4) | 16 (38.1) | 20 (38.5) | 11 (57.9) | 0.346 | |
Alcohol consumption, score, mean (SD) | 0 to 6 | 2.03 (2.26) | 1.10 (2.02) 1) 2) | 1.50 (1.88) 4) 5) | 2.50 (2.36) | 2.95 (2.46) | 0.009 |
Physical health indicators | |||||||
Physical health problems, score, mean (SD) | 0 to 12 | 1.93 (1.54) | 3.00 (1.87) 1) 2) 3) | 2.21 (1.54) 4) 5) | 1.48 (1.29) | 1.37 (1.01) | < 0.001 |
Caregiver physical function, z-score, mean (SD) | −2.25 to 0.82 | 0 (0.81) | −0.84 (0.79) 1) 2) 3) | −0.10 (0.71) 4) 5) | 0.25 (0.72) | 0.48 (0.56) | < 0.001 |
Psychosocial factors | |||||||
Negative affect, score, mean (SD) | 10 to 50 | 21.0 (6.8) | 26.4 (8.5) 1) 2) 3) | 19.3 (5.5) | 21.3 (6.3) 6) | 17.8 (5.4) | < 0.001 |
Positive affect, score, mean (SD) | 10 to 50 | 32.4 (7.0) | 29.7 (6.1) 1) | 30.7 (6.7) 4) | 32.7 (6.6) 6) | 37.9 (6.9) | < 0.001 |
Social support, score, mean (SD) | 0 to 24 | 13.7 (5.4) | 12.7 (6.8) | 14.9 (4.9) | 12.8 (5.1) | 14.6 (5.1) | 0.183 |
Caregiving-specific stressors | |||||||
Years of caregiving, mean (SD) | 4.59 (3.54) | 5.71 (5.77) | 3.90 (2.53) | 4.44 (2.82) | 5.26 (3.90) | 0.215 | |
Clinical dementia rating, score, mean (SD) | 0 to 3 | 1.29 (0.56) | 1.39 (0.58) | 1.36 (0.67) | 1.22 (0.47) | 1.24 (0.48) | 0.520 |
CR functional impairment, score, %, mean (SD) | 0 to 100 | 65.9 (18.4) | 68.9 (21.6) | 64.8 (19.6) | 64.4 (17.4) | 69.3 (15.2) | 0.647 |
Perceived caregiver burden, score, mean (SD) | 12 to 60 | 32.9 (7.6) | 35.2 (7.3) | 32.7 (7.1) | 32.3 (8.7) | 32.4 (5.9) | 0.514 |
Caregiving-specific stress total, z-score, mean (SD) | −1.91 to 3.14 | 0.00 (0.66) | 0.24 (0.85) | −0.04 (0.68) | −0.08 (0.57) | 0.05 (0.57) | 0.271 |