Table 2 Frequency distribution of care burden in terms of sociodemographic variables of caregivers (N = 270)
From: Care burden and associated factors in caregivers of children with cancer
Variables | Subgroup | Intensity of care burden | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low, n (%) | Middle, n (%) | High, n (%) | Very high, n (%) | |||
Age | < 40 | 15 (6.9) | 108 (50.0) | 82 (37.9) | 11 (5.2) | .267 |
≥40 | 6 (11.2) | 32 (59.2) | 15 (27.8) | 1 (1.8) | ||
Gender | Male | 9 (11.0) | 48 (59.3) | 22 (27.2) | 2 (2.5) | .095 |
Female | 12 (6.3) | 92 (48.7) | 75 (39.7) | 10 (5.3) | ||
Relationship with patient | Parent | 15 (6.1) | 126 (51.3) | 94 (38.2) | 11 (4.4) | .016 |
Sibling | 3 (25.0) | 6 (50.0) | 2 (16.7) | 1 (8.3) | ||
Others | 3 (25.0) | 8 (66.7) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Marital status | Single | 15 (6.2) | 126 (51.6) | 92 (37.7) | 11 (4.5) | .012 |
Married | 6 (23.1) | 14 (53.8) | 5 (19.3) | 1 (3.8) | ||
Average caring time (hours) | 1–6 | 6 (20.0) | 19 (63.3) | 5 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | .001 |
7–12 | 8 (12.5) | 37 (57.8) | 18 (28.1) | 1 (1.6) | ||
13–18 | 2 (4.6) | 29 (67.5) | 11 (25.6) | 1 (2.3) | ||
19–24 | 5 (3.8) | 55 (41.3) | 63 (47.4) | 10 (7.5) | ||
Education | Primary | 2 (2.6) | 35 (45.4) | 36 (46.7) | 4 (5.3) | .040 |
Secondary | 2 (3.7) | 32 (60.4) | 16 (30.2) | 3 (5.7) | ||
High school diploma | 9 (9.2) | 51 (52.0) | 35 (35.7) | 3 (3.1) | ||
Academic | 8 (19.0) | 22 (52.4) | 10 (23.8) | 2 (4.8) | ||
Job | Unemployed | 12 (6.2) | 94 (48.2) | 78 (40.0) | 11 (5.6) | 0.052 |
Employed | 4 (18.2) | 11 (50.0) | 7 (31.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Self-employed | 5 (9.5) | 35 (66.0) | 12 (22.6) | 1 (1.9) | ||
Income | Insufficient for expenses | 19 (7.4) | 132 (51.4) | 95 (37.0) | 11 (4.2) | 0.363 |
Sufficient for expenses | 2 (15.4) | 8 (61.5) | 2 (15.4) | 1 (7.7) | ||