Research Article
The Effect of Education through Telenursing on the Caregiver Burden among Family Caregivers of COVID-19 Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Table 2
Mean and standard deviation of family caregivers of types of caregiver burden in the control group and intervention group.
| | Types of caregiver burden | Mean ± SD | Independent t-test results | | Intervention group | Control group |
| | Time-dependent caregiver burden | Pretest | 8.21 ± 4.42 | 6.69 ± 3.91 | T = 1.47
= 0.146 | | Post-test | 2.96 ± 2.25 | 4.15 ± 3.01 | T = −1.80
= 0.076 | | Paired t-test result | T = 6.46
> 0.0001 | T = 4.20
> 0.0001 | |
| | Evolutionary caregiver burden | Pretest | 6.69 ± 3.22 | 4.75 ± 3.07 | T = 2.50
= 0.015 | | Post-test | 2.78 ± 2.02 | 3.69 ± 2.75 | T = −1.52
= 0.132 | | Paired t-test result | T = 6.78
> 0.0001 | T = 2.79
= 0.009 | |
| | Physical caregiver burden | Pretest | 6.03 ± 3.97 | 3.93 ± 2.31 | T = 2.61
= 0.012 | | Post-test | 1.69 ± 1.33 | 3.15 ± 1.97 | T = −3.51
= 0.001 | | Paired t-test result | T = 6.65
> 0.0001 | t = −2.44
= 0.02 | |
| | Social caregiver burden | Pretest | 5.09 ± 2.21 | 3.60 ± 2.49 | T = 2.55
= 0.013 | | Post-test | 2.06 ± 1.74 | 3.0 ± 2.19 | T = −1.92
= 0.059 | | Paired t-test result | T = 9.70
> 0.0001 | T = 2.10
= 0.044 | |
| | Emotional caregiver burden | Pretest | 3.66 ± 2.41 | 1.75 ± 1.92 | T = 3.55
= 0.001 | | Post-test | 1.63 ± 1.55 | 2.15 ± 1.98 | T = −1.17
= 0.245 | | Paired t-test result | T = 6.63
> 0.0001 | T = −1.22
= 0.231 | |
| | Total caregiver burden | Pretest | 10.68 ± 29.69 | 8.63 ± 20.75 | t = 3.73
= 0.001 | | Post-test | 6.67 ± 11.15 | 8.60 ± 16.15 | t = −2.638
= 0.01 | | Paired t-test result | t = −10.26
< 0.0001 | t = 4.254
< 0.0001 | |
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