Table 1 Informal caregivers, Patients and Secondary role strains Characteristics (N = 554)
Variable | Burden interview | ||
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | Test Statistic | P | |
Caregivers | |||
 Gender | |||
  Male | 272(49.10) | -0.11 | 0.916 |
  Female | 282(50.90) |  |  |
 Age | |||
  65 and below | 298(53.79) | 2.41 | 0.016 |
  66 and above | 256(46.21) |  |  |
 Education |  |  |  |
  Primary schools and below | 226(40.79) | -0.82 | 0.415 |
  Secondary and above | 328(59.21) |  |  |
 Self-rated health | |||
  Good | 439(79.24) | 1.98 | 0.048 |
  Poor | 115(20.76) |  |  |
 Employment status |  |  |  |
  Employment | 257(46.39) | 0.68 | 0.499 |
  Unemployment | 291(53.61) |  |  |
 Caregiver |  |  |  |
  Spouse | 442(79.78) | -2.40 | 0.016 |
  Other relatives | 112(20.22) |  |  |
Objective burden | |||
 Caregiving hours per day | |||
  ≤4 | 170(30.69) | 19.58 | 0.000 |
  5-8 | 81(14.62) |  |  |
  9-12 | 100(18.05) |  |  |
  >13 | 203(36.64) |  |  |
Patients with critical illness | |||
 Gender | |||
  Male | 275(49.64) | 0.53 | 0.605 |
  Female | 279(50.36) |  |  |
 Age | |||
  65 and below | 280(50.54) | 0.125 | 0.900 |
  66 and above | 274(49.46) |  |  |
 Education |  |  |  |
  Illiterate | 113(20.40) | -1.82 | 0.069 |
  Educated | 441(79.60) |  |  |
 Self-rated health |  |  |  |
  Good | 251(45.31) | 7.72 | 0.000 |
  Poor | 303(54.69) |  |  |
 Whether suffered from chronic diseases | |||
  Yes | 194(35.02) | 1.92 | 0.138 |
  No | 360(64.98) |  |  |
Secondary stressor | |||
 Savings | |||
  Yes | 204(36.82) | 1.53 | 0.055 |
  No | 350(63.18) |  |  |
 Debt | |||
  Yes | 231(41.70) | 5.884 | 0.000 |
  No | 323(58.30) |  |  |
 Total annual per capita incomea | |||
  Q1 | 139(25.09) | 36.14 | 0.000 |
  Q2 | 137(24.73) |  |  |
  Q3 | 139(25.09) |  |  |
  Q4 | 139(25.09) |  |  |
 Whether covered by medical aid system | |||
  No | 519(93.68) | 0.72 | 0.473 |
  Yes | 35(6.32) |  |  |
Log OOP of critical illness (Median, IQR) | 10.30(9.66,10.82) | Spearman's rho= 0.1183 | 0.005 |
 Area | |||
  Yantai | 187(33.75) | 11.69 | 0.003 |
  Weifang | 225(40.61) |  |  |
  Heze | 142(25.63) |  |  |