Caregiver burden and coping strategies in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Figures & data

Figure 1 Scores of caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease on the five sections of the CBI.

Note: Error bar indicates the standard error of the mean.
Abbreviation: CBI, Caregiver Burden Inventory.

Table 1 Multiple regression analysis summary of CBI sections versus three independents (sex, age, and family tie of AD caregivers)

CBI	F(3.82)	P-value	Sex	Age	Family tie
Time dependence	5.829	0.0012	NS	0.0058	NS
Developmental	6.312	0.0007	0.0016	0.0179 (trend)	NS
Physical	6.282	0.0007	0.0125	0.0048	NS
Social	1.260	NS	NS	NS	NS
Emotional	5.004	0.0031	0.004	0.012	NS

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer’s disease; CBI, Caregiver Burden Inventory; NS, not statistically significant.

Table 2 Multiple regression analysis summary of CBI sections versus two independents (AD stage and AD duration)

CBI	F(3.82)	P-value	AD stage	AD duration
Time dependence	3.852	0.025	0.0138 (trend)	NS
Developmental	7.924	0.0015	0.0004	NS
Physical	6.650	0.0021	0.0005	NS
Social	4.210	0.0181	0.0051	NS
Emotional	2.473	NS	NS	NS

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer’s disease; CBI, Caregiver Burden Inventory; NS, not statistically significant.

Figure 2 Scores of caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease on the three sections of the CISS.

Note: Error bar indicates the standard error of the mean.
Abbreviation: CISS, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations.

Table 3 Multiple regression analyses summary of CISS sections versus three independents (sex, age and family tie of AD caregivers)

CISS	F(3.82)	P-value	Sex	Age	Family tie
Task	3.796	0.013	NS	NS	0.0018
Emotion	3.684	0.015	0.0037	NS	NS
Avoidance	1.458	NS	NS	NS	NS

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer’s disease; CISS, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations; NS, not statistically significant.

Table 4 Principal component analysis: factorial matrix after varimax rotation

Variables	Factor 1	Factor 2
CBI time-dependence	0.605	−0.146
CBI developmental	0.932	−0.045
CBI physical	0.855	0.110
CBI social	0.766	−0.137
CBI emotional	0.701	−0.226
CISS task	−0.068	0.763
CISS emotion	0.754	0.235
CISS avoidance	−0.018	0.813

Note: Loadings >0.50 are shown in bold.

Abbreviations: CBI, Caregiver Burden Inventory; CISS, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations.