Correlates of Caregiver Burden among Family Members of Patients with Schizophrenia in Lagos, Nigeria

Table 4

Correlates of caregivers burden on univariate analysis.

Variable	𝑟^∗	𝑃
Dependent variable: “financial/physical strain”
Duration of illness	0.197	0.008
Number of people in household	−0.167	0.025
Total PANSS scores	0.609	<0.001
Dependent variable: “time/dependence strain”
Duration of illness	0.188	0.011
Number of people in household	−0.174	0.019
Total PANSS scores	0.684	<0.002
Number of episodes	0.157	0.032
Dependent variable: “emotional strain”
Total PANSS scores	0.747	<0.001
Dependent variable: “uncertainty”
Age of caregiver	0.304	0.002
Duration of illness	0.763	<0.001
Dependent variable: “self-criticism”
Hours of patient-caregiver contact (weekly)	−0.547	<0.001
Total PANSS scores	0.314	0.012

KEY: 𝑟: Pearson’s correlation coefficient.