Preparation, Reliability, and Validity of a Japanese Version of the “Satisfaction of Treatment among Caregivers of Dependent Type 2 Diabetic Patients” Questionnaire
Table 1
Characteristics of the analysis population.
Family caregiver
Age (years), mean (SD)
64.0 (13.4)
Male/female,
55/153
Degree relative (%)
Spouse
66.8
Parent
7.2
Children
21.1
Others
4.9
Occupation (%)
48.3
Duration of support (years), mean (SD)
10.7 (11.6)
Experience of the educational program (%)
36
Living with patient (%)
88.8
Numbers of diseases, mean (SD)
1.3 (0.4)
CACS (points), mean (SD)
20.4 (8.1)
PHQ-9 (points), mean (SD)
11.1 (4.2)
Patient
Age (years), mean (SD)
72.5 (5.7)
Male/female,
115/93
HbA1c (%), mean (SD)
7.1 (0.8)
OHA (%)
72.1
Administration times per day, mean (SD)
1.9 (0.8)
Insulin (%)
70.1
Administration times per day, mean (SD)
2.8 (1.2)
Retinopathy (%)
48.8
Nephropathy (%)
52.1
Cardiovascular disease (%)
31.8
DASC-8 (points), mean (SD)
13.1 (4.0)
SD: standard deviation; CACS: cognitive appraisal of caregiving scale; J-PHQ-9: Japanese version of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; OHA: oral hypoglycemic agent; DASC-8: Dementia Assessment Sheet for Community-based Integrated Care System 8-items.
