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

BMC Geriatrics

Table 5 Relationship between demographic characteristics of the older adult and the their caregivers’ needs in four different times

Variable		N		Stage				Statistical Test
Variable		N		Admission time	pre-discharge	2 weeks after discharge	12 weeks after discharge	Statistical Test
Age		200	Correlation Coefficient	0.115	0.121	0.251	0.263	Spearman’s correlation coefficient
Age		200	P_value	0.257	0.232	0.012	0.008	Spearman’s correlation coefficient
sex	Female	118	Mean of ranks	53.14	52.45	53.98	53.64	Mann–Whitney
	Male	82		46.71	47.7	45.49	45.98
			Statistic value	- 1.119	−0.828	−1.446	−1. 303
			P_value	0.264	0.408	0.148	0.193
City	Urmia	146	Mean of ranks	49.09	49.21	50.22	52.27	Mann–Whitney
	Other cities Suburbs	54		54.31	53.69	51.26	45.70
			Statistic value	−0.821	−0.681	−0.160	- 1.008
			P_value	0.411	0.493	0.873	0.314
length of stay	One week or less	148	Mean of ranks	52.97	51.80	46.21	44.65	Mann–Whitney
	More than a week	52		47.60	48.98	55.53	57.37
			Statistic value	0.948	−0.497	−1.607	−2.191
			P_value	0.443	0.619	0.108	0.028
Physiotherapy	Yes	30	Mean of ranks	59.60	60.43	66.77	55.10	Mann–Whitney
	No	170		49.42	48.85	47.63	49.68
			Statistic value	−0.907	−1.477	^*- 2.365	−0.677
			P_value	0.364	0.140	0.018	0.498
Underlying diseases	Yes	160	Mean of ranks	49.66	49.42	51.21	51.18	Mann–Whitney
	No	40	Statistic value	53.85	54.83	47.68	47.78
			Statistic value	−0.593	−0.765	−0.489	−0.471
			P_value	0.553	0.444	0.625	0.638
Dependence		200	Correlation Coefficient	–	−0.057	^*-.335	0.378	Spearman’s correlation coefficient
Dependence		200	P_value	–	−0.573	0.001	0.0001	Spearman’s correlation coefficient

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