Table 5 Association between caregiver burden with care recipient factors and caregiver factors (n = 270)
From: Burden of caregivers of older people in Sri Lanka: an overlooked concern in the health care system
Type of factor | Variable | Category | Mean (SD) burden | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Care recipient’s factors | Age (years) | 65–74 | 18.00 (4.00) | 0.21 |
75–84 | 18.36 (4.16) | |||
85–94 | 17.26 (4.35) | |||
≥ 95 | 16.76 (4.28) | |||
Gender | Male | 17.78 (4.27) | 0.87 | |
Female | 17.70 (4.17) | |||
Bedridden duration | 3 months – 6 months | 17.72 (5.04) | 0.06 | |
7 months – 1 year | 19.03 (4.36) | |||
1 year 1 month – 2 years | 17.10 (3.68) | |||
2 years 1 month – 5 years | 17.20 (4.44) | |||
≥ 5 years | 17.79 (3.69) | |||
Caregiver’s factors | Age (years) | ≤ 30 | 17.11 (4.81) | 0.30 |
31–45 | 17.43 (4.03) | |||
46–60 | 18.28 (4.45) | |||
≥ 61 | 17.24 (3.68) | |||
Gender | Male | 16.90 (3.53) | 0.05 | |
Female | 18.01 (4.38) | |||
Marital status | Married | 17.74 (4.05) | 0.26 | |
Single | 17.99 (4.60) | |||
Divorced | 17.53 (5.67) | |||
Widowed | 17.15 (3.19) | |||
Highest educational qualification | Grade 08 | 17.61 (3.41) | 0.03 | |
GCE O/L | 18.39 (4.02) | |||
GCE A/L | 17.72 (4.39) | |||
Higher education (Degree/Diploma) | 16.16 (4.52) | |||
Employment status | Full time | 16.56 (4.94) | < 0.001 | |
Part time | 17.75 (4.28) | |||
Retired | 16.09 (3.98) | |||
Unemployed | 19.05 (3.25) | |||
Gross monthly Income (LKR) | < 10 000 | 18.49 (3.48) | 0.04 | |
10 000–29 999 | 18.19 (4.69) | |||
30 000–49 999 | 17.58 (3.59) | |||
≥ 50 000 | 16.06 (4.45) | |||
Relationship to the older person | Spouse | 19.05 (3.46) | 0.19 | |
Sibling | 18.59 (3.79) | |||
Children | 17.32 (4.43) | |||
Grand child | 18.47 (2.20) | |||
In laws | 18.45 (4.05) | |||
Mode of stay with older person | Living in the same home | 17.80 (4.18) | 0.61 | |
Visiting everyday day time (living in another home) | 17.10 (4.69) | |||
Visiting everyday night time (living in another home) | 18.60 (1.52) | |||
Geographical area | Rural | 17.78 (3.98) | 0.60 | |
Semi-urban | 18.02 (4.62) | |||
Urban | 17.40 (4.01) |