|
Variables
|
SP (N=243)
|
BD (N=200)
|
Statistics
|
p
|
|---|
|
Mean/N
|
S.D./%
|
Mean/N
|
S.D./%
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
47.7
|
13.7
|
44.4
|
13.6
|
t=2.531
|
0.012*
|
|
Relationship to patient
| | |
x
2=1.716
|
0.633
|
|
Parent
|
115
|
47.3%
|
104
|
52.0%
| | |
|
Child
|
27
|
11.1%
|
16
|
8.0%
| | |
|
Spouse
|
50
|
20.6%
|
38
|
19.0%
| | |
|
Other
|
51
|
21.0%
|
42
|
21.0%
| | |
|
Live with patient in the past month
|
182
|
74.9%
|
149
|
74.5%
|
x
2=0.009
|
0.999
|
|
Live with patient at any time during the past month
|
154
|
63.4%
|
121
|
60.5%
|
x
2=0.385
|
0.535
|
|
Employed
|
131
|
53.9%
|
96
|
48.0%
|
x
2=1.533
|
0.216
|
|
Marital status
| | | |
x
2=4.518
|
0.104
|
|
Unmarried
|
43
|
17.7%
|
22
|
11.0%
| | |
|
Married
|
181
|
74.6%
|
165
|
82.5%
| | |
|
Divorce/widow
|
19
|
7.8%
|
13
|
6.5%
| | |
|
Contact with patient in the past month
| | | |
x
2=13.638
|
0.003**
|
|
Not at all
|
8
|
3.3%
|
14
|
7.0%
| | |
|
Once
|
11
|
4.5%
|
15
|
7.5%
| | |
|
Once (or more) per week
|
49
|
20.2%
|
60
|
30.0%
| | |
|
Once (or more) per day
|
175
|
72.0%
|
111
|
55.5%
| | |
- See Table 1 for abbreviations
- Reported correlations are statistically significant at the *p < 0.05 level; or **p <0.01
