Table 1 Characteristics of family caregivers to care recipients
Family caregivers’ characteristics | All (n = 101) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 60.5 (10.34) |
Gender | |
Male | 19 |
Female | 82 |
Marital status | |
Unmarried | 11 |
Married | 82 |
Widower | 4 |
Divorced/Separate | 4 |
Health condition self-evaluation | |
Very good/Good | 10 |
Nor good neither bad | 25 |
Bad/Very bad | 65 |
Living condition | |
With the cared for | 51 |
With spouse, cared for and children | 14 |
With cared for and migrant care worker | 4 |
With spouse, cared for and migrant care worker | 2 |
Household proximity from the older person | |
Same apartment | 51 |
In the same building but in different apartments | 15 |
At walking distance | 10 |
At 10 min by car bus or train | 16 |
At 30 min by car bus or train | 8 |
Educational level | |
None | 3 |
Primary School | 13 |
Secondary School | 36 |
High School | 36 |
Bachelor degree | 12 |
Employment | |
Full-time employed | 26 |
Part-time employed | 13 |
Retired | 43 |
Unemployed | 7 |
Housewife | 11 |
Caregiving activities (from 3 times a week to every day) | |
Emotional, psychological and social support | 89 |
Physical help | 79 |
Medicine administration | 78 |
Housework | 77 |
Personal hygiene | 76 |
Frequency of caregiving activities related to the continence management | |
Rarely/never | 20 |
Once/twice a week at least | 80 |
Care recipients’ characteristics | |
Age (years) | 83.6 (9.35) |
Gender | |
Male | 42 |
Female | 59 |
Number of pads per day | |
< 2 | 10 |
3–5 | 60 |
> 5 | 31 |
IADL lost | |
< =9 | 45 |
10 | 56 |
Chronic diseases | |
No | 6 |
Yes | 95 |