Table 1 The demographics of participants at baseline (n = 58)
Total | Intervention group (n = 30) | Control group (n = 28) | t/χ2(df)/z | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%)/M(SD) | n (%)/M(SD) | n (%)/M(SD) | |||
Caregiver age | 57.41 (13.63) | 55.4 (14.80) | 59.57 (12.16) | 1.168 | 0.248 |
Caregiver gender | 3.083 (1) | 0.053 | |||
Female | 46 (79.3%) | 27 (90.0%) | 19 (67.9%) | ||
Male | 12 (20.7%) | 3 (10.0%) | 9 (32.1%) | ||
Caregiver employment status | 7.759 (3) | 0.051 | |||
Working full time | 16 (27.6%) | 11 (36.7%) | 5 (17.9%) | ||
Working part time | 13 (22.4%) | 3 (10.0%) | 10 (35.7%) | ||
Retired | 24 (41.4%) | 4 (13.3%) | 1 (3.6%) | ||
Jobless | 5 (8.6%) | 12 (40.0%) | 12 (42.9%) | ||
Caregiver education level (n, %) | 0.366 | 0.714 | |||
Primary school or lower | 5 (8.6%) | 3 (10.0%) | 2 (7.1%) | ||
Middle school | 24 (41.4%) | 11 (36.7%) | 13 (46.4%) | ||
Diploma degree | 8 (13.8%) | 4 (13.3%) | 4 (14.3%) | ||
Undergraduate | 10 (17.2%) | 6 (20.0%) | 4 (14.3%) | ||
Post-graduate | 11 (19.0%) | 6 (20.0%) | 5 (17.9%) | ||
Relationship with the care-recipient (n, %) | 5.866 (4) | 0.209 | |||
Spouse | 12 (20.7%) | 6 (20.0%) | 6 (21.4%) | ||
Son | 5 (8.6%) | 1 (3.3%) | 4 (14.3%) | ||
Daughter | 26 (44.8%) | 17 (56.7%) | 9 (32.1) | ||
Daughter in law | 3 (5.2%) | 2 (6.7%) | 1 (3.6%) | ||
Other relative | 12 (20.7%) | 4 (13.3%) | 8 (28.6%) | ||
Duration of caregiving (years) (M, SD) | 5.94 (4.99) | 5.85 (5.37) | 6.036 (4.64) | 0.140 | 0.889 |
Average months of caregiving each year (M, SD) | 10.71 (2.89) | 10.93 (2.50) | 10.46 (3.28) | − 0.614 | 0.542 |
Average hours of caregiving each day (M, SD) | 9.41 (7.98) | 10.2 (8.10) | 8.55 (7.91) | − 0.782 | 0.437 |
PWD age (M, SD) | 82.79 (9.41) | 83.17 (9.12) | 82.39 (9.85) | − 0.311 | 0.757 |
PWD gender | 0.000 (1) | 1.00 | |||
Female | 41 (70.7%) | 21 (70%) | 20 (71.4%) | ||
Male | 17 (29.3%) | 9 (30%) | 8 (28.6%) |