Investigating the needs of family caregivers of older stroke patients: a longitudinal study in Iran

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Relationship between demographic characteristics of family caregivers and their needs at four different times

Variable		No		Stage				Statistical Test
Variable		No		Admission time	pre-discharge	2 weeks after discharge	12 weeks after discharge	Statistical Test
Age		200	Correlation Coefficient	0.093	0.091	0.121	0.090	Spearman ‘s correlation coefficient
Age		200	P_value	0.355	0.37	0.23	0.373	Spearman ‘s correlation coefficient
sex	Female	140	Mean	49.91	49.85	52.11	52.89	Mann–Whitney
	Male	60	Statistic value	51.88	52.02	46.75	42.92
			Statistic value	0.32-	0.351-	0.85-	1.259-
			P_value	0.748	0.725	0.396	0.308
Education	Elementary	76	Mean of ranks	58.04	57.47	47.79	44.58	Kruskal–Wallis
	High school	44	Statistic value Statistic value	49.95	51.02	53.70	53.48
	Diploma	52		34.72	45.17	48.69	55.75
	Bachelor and above	28		41.61	40.64	56.18	52.14
				5.189	3.951	1.247	2.72
			P_value	0.158	0.175	0.742	0.436
Job	Employee	80	Mean of ranks	44.96	44.64	42.55	41.77	Mann–Whitney
	House wife	120	Statistic value	44.28	44.23	45.41	45.78
			Statistic value	−0.119	−0.037	−0.49	−0.687
			P_value	0.905	0.971	0.624	0.492
Relatives	Daughter	130	Mean of ranks	48.24	37.78	35.67	37.46	Kruskal–Wallis
	Son	50		35.4	35.68	36.04	34.94
	husband	20		46.3	37.35	42.45	42.90
			Statistic value	0.298	0.159	1.447	1.138
			P_value	0.862	0.934	0.485	0.157
Residence with the elderly	Yes	84	Mean of ranks	48.5	48.54	35.57	54.44	Mann–Whitney
	No	116	Mean of ranks	51.85	51.92	48.28	47.65
			Statistic value	−0.603	- o.592	−0.904	−1.159
			P_value	0.547	0.554	0.466	0.247
Marital status	Single	32	Mean of ranks	45.62	45.78	49.22	48.03	Mann–Whitney
	Married	166	Mean of ranks	50.84	50.81	50.15	50.38
			Statistic value	−0.684	−0.659	−0.119	− 0.3
			P_value	0.494	0.51	0.905	0.764

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