Determination of Care Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Turkey

Table 3

ZCBI mean scores ± SD as a function of demographic characteristics of caregivers and summary of statistical comparisons.

Features	X ± SD	Test and value
Age
18–27	22.70 ± 8.26
28–37	24.36 ± 9.78	KW = 4.97
38 or above	27.72 ± 9.73
Gender
Female	24.88 ± 9.50
Male	26.50 ± 9.56
Education level
Literate	28.58 ± 6.69
Primary school	26.73 ± 10.37	KW = 6.01
High school	24.45 ± 9.22
University	21.91 ± 8.43
Occupation
Working	23.68 ± 7.21
Non-working	26.38 ± 10.45
Working status
Worker	23.89 ± 7.57
Officer	23.38 ± 6.93
Marital status
Married	26.39 ± 9.30	MW-U = 672.00
Single	23.03 ± 9.75
Having children
Yes	27.29 ± 9.41
No	21.80 ± 8.71
Number of children ()
1-2	28.22 ± 10.95
3-4	26.13 ± 9.96	KW = 0.78
5 and above	27.68 ± 6.11
Social insurance
Green card	27.55 ± 11.45
Social insurance	23.92 ± 7.77	KW = 2.05
Pension fund	27.61 ± 10.71
Self-employed	25.33 ± 12.59
The degree of proximity to patient
Parents	24.82 ± 8.03
Spouse	27.16 ± 10.62	KW = 0.60
Son/daughter	26.68 ± 9.89
Sibling	22.18 ± 9.50
Living situations with patients
Yes	25.07 ± 9.74	MW-U = 724.00
No	26.56 ± 8.85
The number of family members living together
2-3	25.40 ± 8.77	KW = 0.19
4-5	26.37 ± 11.02
6 and above	24.12 ± 7.99
Ownership of any disease
Yes	29.23 ± 8.28	MW-U = 419.50
No	24.58 ± 9.60

NS = not significant.