Depressive symptoms in caregivers of patients with dementia: demographic variables and burden

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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample and CBI and SDS scores

	Male (n=32)		Female (n=118)		Comparison	P-value
Agea (years)
<30	1	(3)	2	(2)	χ^2=3.33	0.189
31–49	7	(22)	46	(39)
>50	24	(75)	70	(59)
Type of relationa
Spouse	9	(28)	20	(17)	χ^2=8.156	0.148
Parent	0	(0)	3	(3)
Son/daughter	19	(59)	70	(59)
Brother	1	(3)	0	(0)
Sister	0	(0)	2	(2)
Other	3	(9)	23	(20)
Civil statusa
Single	2	(6)	9	(8)	χ^2=3.061	0.382
Married	30	(94)	99	(84)
Widowed	0	(0)	8	(7)
Separated	0	(0)	2	(2)
Number of childrena
0	5	(16)	30	(25)	χ^2=4.65	0.703
1	2	(6)	5	(4)
2	15	(47)	47	(40)
3	7	(22)	19	(16)
4	2	(6)	11	(9)
5	0	(0)	4	(3)
6	0	(0)	1	(1)
7	1	(3)	1	(1)
Educationa
Primary school	8	(25)	28	(24)	χ^2=1.736	0.629
Lower secondary school	10	(31)	25	(21)
Higher secondary school	11	(34)	52	(44)
Degree	3	(9)	13	(11)
Socioeconomic statusa
Low	7	(22)	34	(29)	χ^2=1.249	0.536
Middle	25	(78)	82	(70)
High	0	(0)	2	(2)
CBIb
Objective burden	12.69	4.987	13.47	4.942	t=−0.798	0.426
Developmental burden	8.66	5.711	9.67	6.342	t=−0.818	0.415
Physical burden	8.48	6.154	10.18	5.540	t=−01.506	0.134
Social burden	3.56	4.181	3.59	3.708	t=−0.040	0.968
Emotional burden	2.72	3.103	2.93	3.107	t=−0.345	0.731
Total score	36.10	18.661	39.85	18.126	t=−01.031	0.304
SDSb
Total score	43.16	14.357	45.78	11.073	t=−01.112	0.268

Notes:

a Results are presented as frequencies (%);

b results are presented as means (SD).

Abbreviations: CBI, Caregiver Burden Inventory; SDS, Self-Rating Depression Scale; SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Multiple linear regression analysis

	Not standardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	Significance
	β	SD error	β
Constant	38.554	4.539		8.493	0.000
Physical burden	0.666	0.189	0.320	3.529	0.001
Developmental burden	0.712	0.170	0.373	4.181	<0.001
Socioeconomic status	−4.282	1.370	−0.170	−3.126	0.002
Urbanicity	3.070	1.209	0.130	2.539	0.012
Age	2.132	1.210	0.095	1.762	0.080

Note: Dependent variable: SDS score.

Abbreviations: SDS, Self-Rating Depression Scale; SD, standard deviation.