Anticipatory grief of spousal and adult children caregivers of people with dementia

BMC Palliative Care

Table 2 Comparison of AG, well-being, and burden among different groups

Score	Overall (n = 108)	Sp_Early (n = 36)	Sp_Late (n = 18)	Ac_Early (n = 37)	Ac_Late (n = 17)	Krusal-Wallis Test statistics	p-value
Score	Median [25th percentile, 75th percentile]					Krusal-Wallis Test statistics	p-value
MM-CGI-SF total score	57.00 [47.00, 69.75]	63.50 [47.00, 72.00]	76.50 [65.00, 79.25]	52.00 [46.00, 60.00]	49.00 [39.50, 57.50]	27.662	< 0.001
MM-CGI-SF Personal Sacrifice Burden sub-score	21.00 [16.00, 25.00]	23.00 [16.25, 25.00]	26.50 [21.50, 30.00]	19.00 [16.00, 24.00]	17.00 [15.00, 20.00]	16.917	0.001
MM-CGI-SF Heartfelt Sadness & Longing sub-score	19.00 [15.25, 23.00]	20.00 [16.00, 23.00]	26.00 [19.75, 27.50]	17.00 [14.50, 20.00]	18.00 [14.50, 19.50]	29.689	< 0.001
MM-CGI-SF Worry & Felt Isolation sub-score	17.25 [13.25, 21.00]	19.50 [15.25, 21.75]	23.00 [17.75, 26.25]	15.00 [13.00, 19.00]	14.00 [11.50, 18.50]	24.323	< 0.001
ZBI total score	45.00 [30.00, 56.00]	45.50 [33.00, 59.50]	57.50 [37.00, 71.00]	44.00 [26.50, 52.00]	38.00 [27.50, 50.00]	11.937	0.008
PWI total score	6.44 [4.91, 7.34]	6.69 [5.00, 7.59]	5.19 [3.06, 7.03]	6.88 [5.81, 7.50]	5.75 [5.19, 6.94]	6.550	0.088

Remarks: MM-CGI-SF Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory Short Form, ZBI Zarit Burden Interview, PWI Personal Well-being Index. Sp_Early Spousal caregivers of a relative with earlier stage dementia, Sp_Late Spousal caregivers of a relative with later stage dementia, Ac_Early Adult children caregivers of a relative with earlier stage dementia, Ac_Late: Adult children caregivers of a relative with later stage dementia
The boldface were significant p-value at <.05

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