Table 1 Characteristics of patients and caregivers
|  | Total N = 123 |
|---|---|
Patient characteristics | |
 Female, n (%) | 68 (55.3) |
 Age (years), mean ± SD | 75.7 ± 9.8 |
 Category of principal diagnosis, n (%) | |
  - Neurological diseases | 78 (63.4) |
  - Heart diseases | 15 (12.2) |
  - Cancer | 11 (8.9) |
  - Musculoskeletal diseases | 12 (9.8) |
  - Kidney diseases | 5 (4.1) |
  - Respiratory disease | 1 (0.8) |
  - Endocrine disease | 1 (0.8) |
 ADL, mean ± SD | 11.3 ± 7.5 |
Caregiver characteristics | |
 Female, n (%) | 91 (74.0) |
 Age (years), mean ± SD | 57.3 ± 15.0 |
 Having a partner, n (%) | 86 (69.9) |
 Having underlying disease(s), n (%) | 78 (63.4) |
 Education secondary school and higher, n (%) | 77 (62.6) |
 Employed, n (%) | 81 (65.9) |
 High personal income (> 15,000 THB), n (%) | 41 (33.6) |
 Relationship, n (%) | |
  - Hired caregiver | 13 (10.6) |
  - Child | 41 (33.3) |
  - Spouse | 52 (42.3) |
  - Sibling | 7 (5.7) |
  - Others | 10 (8.1) |
 Time carrying out care per day (hours), median (IQR) | 12 (5 – 24) |
 Duration of care (months), median (IQR) | 60 (24 - 120) |
 HITS score | |
  - median (IQR) | 4 (4 – 5) |
  - Total score ≥ 5, n (%) | 35 (28.5) |
 ZBI-22, median (IQR) | 16 (7 - 35) |
 MSPSS, median (IQR) | 61 (48 – 72) |
 PHQ-9, median (IQR) | 2 (1 - 6) |