A comparison of spouse and non-spouse carers of people with dementia: a descriptive analysis of Swedish national survey data

Table 2 Carer support for care-recipient in ten domains of care. (N = 330)

	No need of care	I care alone	I care with help from others	Others provide all care	p	χ²
Household tasks, %					< 0.001	56.02
Spouse carers	14.1	49.3	33.8	2.8
Non-spouse carers	22.6	10.5	49.0	18.0
Practical activities, %					< 0.001	47.41
Spouse carers	5.6	57.7	35.2	1.4
Non-spouse carers	9.4	17.1	66.9	6.5
Physical activity, %					< 0.001	35.16
Spouse carers	14.3	44.3	40.0	1.4
Non-spouse carers	17.6	14.3	50.0	18.0
Contact with services, %					< 0.001	27.61
Spouse carers	7.1	51.4	38.6	2.9
Non-spouse carers	6.7	20.9	59.4	13.0
Financial support, %					< 0.001	59.11
Spouse carers	49.3	39.1	11.6	0.0
Non-spouse carers	70.6	5.3	14.3	9.8
Personal care, %					< 0.001	63.80
Spouse carers	40.8	31.0	23.9	4.2
Non-spouse carers	33.3	3.3	30.1	33.3
Medications and treatments, %					< 0.001	56.91
Spouse carers	10.0	45.7	24.3	20.0
Non-spouse carers	13.6	9.1	22.6	54.7
Supervision, %					< 0.001	68.43
Spouse carers	2.9	50.7	37.7	8.7
Non-spouse carers	6.5	8.1	74.4	11.0
Social relationships, %					< 0.001	21.94
Spouse carers	13.0	27.5	59.4	0.0
Non-spouse carers	6.9	8.9	81.7	2.4
Cultural activities, %					< 0.001	34.01
Spouse carers	26.5	39.7	32.4	1.5
Non-spouse carers	27.5	11.9	42.8	17.8

Note: For analyses in this table n varies between 304–317 due to internal missing data; dfs for all analyses = 3

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