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Table 5 Association between caregiver burden with patients (care-receivers) characteristics

From: Caregiver burden among informal caregivers in the largest specialized palliative care unit in Malaysia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Burdened

Not Burdened

Mean diff (95%CI) ͣ

or x2 (df)b

P value

n (%)

Mean ± SD

n (%)

Mean ± SD

Age

 

66.7

±12.15

 

67.89

±13.91

−1.724

(−5.17,1.72)a

0.325

Gender

    

0.107 (1)b

0.743

 Male

61 (48.4)

 

65 (51.6)

   

 Female

57 (46.3)

 

66 (53.7)

   

Diagnosis

    

6.471 (1)b

0.011

 Malignancy

96 (52.2)

 

88 (47.8)

   

 Non -malignancy

22 (33.8)

 

43 (66.2)

   

ECOG performance scale

    

0.167 (1)b

0.682

 ECOG < 3

51 (45.9)

 

60 (54.1)

   

 ECOG ≥3

67 (48.6)

 

71 (51.4)

   
  1. a Independent t-test
  2. b Chi square test