Factors Associated with Quality of Care Among Dependent Older Persons in the Community

Figures & data

Table 1 Social Support, Quality of Care, and Burden Scores

Domain	Average±SD
Social Support (0 = disagree to 3 = strongly agree)
Emotional Support	2.74±0.40
Instrumental Support	2.59±0.49
Appraisal Support	2.65±0.45
Information Support	2.54±0.46
QUALCARE Scales (1= excellent to 5 = poor)
Environmental	1.86±0.53
Physical	2.01±0.74
Medical management	1.76±0.57
Psychological	1.86±0.60
Human rights	1.84±0.61
Financial Aspect	1.73±0.61
Burden Scores (0–80 Points)	Percentage
No (≤20 points)	61.8
Yes (>20 points)	38.2

Table 2 Relationship Between Each Component of Social Support and QUALCARE

Variables	QUALCARE
Social Support	Environment	Physical	Medical	Psycho	Human R.	Financial
Emotional Support	0.148	0.142	0.241*	0.215*	0.190	0.221*
Instrumental Support	0.142	0.149	0.276**	0.276**	0.131	0.276**
Appraisal Support	0.213*	0.188	0.231*	0.256**	0.308**	0.289**
Information Support	−0.060	0.059	0.275**	0.183	0.170	0.123

Notes: *p-value < 0.05, **p-value < 0.01.