Caregivers’ burden experienced by relatives living with a person suffering from schizophrenia
Table 3: Mann-Whitney U Tests: Relationship between the schizophrenic patient’s socio-demographic variables and burden experienced.
Burden Dimensions Variables | Factor 1 - ICP | Factor 2 – RI | Factor 3 - CE | Factor 4 - SEP | Global burden |
average | Average | average | average | average | |
Age <39 ≥40 | 61.2741.57 | 55.8144.22 | 46.3948.78 | 49.9247.07 | 58.4242.91 |
(p) | 0.001** | 0.052 | 0.688 | 0.621 | 0.010* |
GenderMaleFemale | 39.4252.36 | 42.8850.60 | 46.6348.70 | 43.7250.17 | 41.2551.43 |
(p) | 0.030* | 0.191 | 0.726 | 0.258 | 0.089 |
Marital statusMarried/ unmarried partnersOther | 38.7549.09 | 41.5548.86 | 32.8549.78 | 44.9048.36 | 35.1049.52 |
(p) | 0.261 | 0.429 | 0.063 | 0.694 | 0.117 |
Address UrbanRural | 48.1643.17 | 48.2640.00 | 48.1344.17 | 48.6328.83 | 48.3736.67 |
(p) | 0.757 | 0.605 | 0.805 | 0.200 | 0.469 |