Caregivers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice towards Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injury at Rehabilitation Center in Bangladesh

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the caregivers (n = 127).

Variables	n (%)
Age (years)
18–27	31 (24.4)
28–37	30 (23.6)
38–47	37 (29.1)
48–57	23 (18.1)
57 and above	6 (4.7)
Gender
Male	30 (23.6)
Female	97 (76.4)
Educational status
No formal education	47 (37.0)
Primary education	32 (25.2)
Secondary education	24 (18.9)
Higher secondary education	17 (13.4)
Graduate and above	7 (5.5)
Marital status
Unmarried	15 (11.8)
Married	110 (86.6)
Widowed	2 (1.6)
Separated	0 (0.0)
Caregiver residence status
Lives together with patient	105 (82.7)
Lives separately from patient	22 (17.3)
Occupational status
Housewife	88 (69.3)
Agriculture	13 (10.2)
Service	8 (6.3)
Business	2 (1.6)
Student	8 (6.3)
Factory worker	4 (3.1)
Others	4 (3.1)
Living area
Rural	104 (81.9)
Semiurban	2 (1.6)
Urban	(16.5)
Relationship between caregiver and patient
Mother	25 (19.7)
Father	7 (5.5)
Wife	52 (40.9)
Husband	2 (1.6)
Sister	8 (6.3)
Brother	15 (11.8)
Others	18 (14.2)

n = number of respondents.