Table 1 Characteristics of participants
Characteristics | N (%) | M | SD | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
Female | 73 (57.5) | |||
Male | 54 (42.5) | |||
Age [years] | 53.21 | 21.84 | 31–83 | |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 91 (71.7) | |||
Widowed | 6 (4.7) | |||
Single | 11 (8.7) | |||
Divorced | 19 (14.9) | |||
Level of education | ||||
Primary | 9 (7.1) | |||
Technical/vocational | 32 (25.2) | |||
Secondary | 29 (22.8) | |||
University | 57 (44.9) | |||
Employment status | ||||
Working | 76 (59.8) | |||
Living with patients | 116 (91.3) | |||
Sole caregiver | 98 (77.1) | |||
Time spent caring [h/day] | 10.34 | 6.87 | 6–19 | |
Time since onset of AD [months] | 26.57 | 8.42 | 12–37 | |
Pain | ||||
Occurrence of pain-related somatic diseases | 28 (22.0) | |||
Spondylosis | 23 (18.1) | |||
Rheumatoid arthritis | 4 (3.1) | |||
Phantom limb pain | 1 (0.8) | |||
Pain level | 4.13 | 4.28 | 0–10 | |
Taking analgesics without a doctor’s recommendation [number of doses/week] | 3.24 | 1.99 | 0–9 | |
Strength of relationship with the patient | ||||
Strength of emotional relationship | 8.02 | 0.67 | 4–10 | |
Positive experiences | 7.21 | 1.99 | 0–10 | |
Sense of loss | 7.13 | 1.64 | 1–10 | |
‘Painfulness’ of loss | 6.45 | 2.12 | 1–10 | |
Depression score | 5.58 | 3.65 | 0–19 |