Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the CRA scale and correlations between CRA and demographic data and POS summary score
Gender (male, female) | Disease (cancer, COPD, CHF) | Living together (yes, no) | Relation FC-patient (partner, child, other) | Comorbidity patient (yes, no) | Family carers’ age | Patients’ age | POS sum score | ||||||||||
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Mean (SD)a | t(df) | p-value | F(df1, df2) | p-value | t(df) | p-value | F(df1, df2) | p-value | t(df) | p-value | r | p-value | r | p-value | r | p-value | |
Disrupted Schedule | 2,99(,96) | -1,08 (83) | ,29 | ,19 (2,82) | ,82 | ,82 (80,00) | ,42 | ,89 (2,80) | ,42 | ,08 (65,60) | ,94 | ,07 | ,51 | ,06 | ,58 | ,33 | ,00** |
Financial problems | 2,43(1,00) | -,93 (80) | ,36 | ,82 (2,79) | ,44 | 1,61 (77,00) | ,11 | 1,15 (2,77) | ,32 | ,36 (80,00) | ,72 | -,07 | ,54 | -,09 | ,42 | ,14 | ,21 |
Lack of family support | 2,06(,91) | -1,20 (82) | ,23 | ,33 (2,81) | ,72 | 1,37 (79,00) | ,17 | 1,06 (2,79) | ,35 | -,25 (82,00) | ,80 | -,13 | ,25 | -,01 | ,97 | ,24 | ,03* |
Negative impact on health | 2,26(,88) | -1,06 (83) | ,29 | ,63 (2,82) | ,53 | 1,82 (80,00) | ,07 | 3,37 (2,80) | ,04* | ,07 (83,00) | ,94 | ,10 | ,37 | ,05 | ,65 | ,33 | ,00** |
Self-esteem | 4,42(,58) | ,26 (82) | ,79 | ,35 (2,81) | ,71 | ,81 (34,47) | ,43 | ,49 (2,79) | ,62 | -,63 (82,00) | ,54 | -,13 | ,26 | -,26 | ,02* | ,08 | ,49 |