Table 5: Comparison of the mean score of total caregiver burden and its components in the studied family caregivers according to demographic characteristics

Group
Variable
Objective caregiver burden Subjective caregiver burden Objective-subjective caregiver burden Total caregiver burden
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Gender Male 8/30±1/37 9/28±1/89 3/34±0/66 53/03±13/09
Female 7/57±1/25 8/27±1/78 3/11±0/65 53/39±14/13
p-value
[independent t-test]
< 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.01 0.85
Age
[year]
≤ 30 8/00±1/31 8/70±1/98 3/27±0/61 53/46±14/62
31 – 40 7/79±1/44 8/69±1/92 3/11±0/65 53/72±13/85
41 – 50 8/00±1/28 8/75±1/79 3/39±0/69 53/41±12/28
> 50 7/79±1/17 8/61±1/89 3/21±0/69 50/96±14/32
p-value [ANOVA] 0.75 0.99 0.12 0.82
Education Elementary 7/89±1/39 8/80±1/94 3/26±0/66 52/93±14/22
High-school 8/20±1/47 8/38±1/69 3/34±0/63 53/44±15/63
Tertiary 7/66±1/19 8/79±1/95 3/09±0/66 53/40±12/04
p-value [ANOVA] 0.08 0.40 0.08 0.97
Occupation Employee 7/79±1/18 8/70±1/91 3/16±0/63 53/10±13/62
Housewife 7/82±1/43 8/74±1/87 3/26±0/65 54/37±13/99
Self-employed 8/12±1/37 8/58±1/92 3/16±0/72 50/74±12/90
p-value [ANOVA] 0.41 0.90 0.55 0.34