BioMed Research International / 2013 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease Caregivers: The Contribution of Personality Traits Table 2 Univariate relationships between carer quality of life and personality.
Caregiver WHOQoL-BREF Physical health Psychological health Social relationship Environment Patient Disease duration −0.17** −0.17** −0.11 −0.12 Age −0.10 −0.02 −0.02 −0.04 Hoehn and Yahr [24 ] −0.18** −0.20** −0.18** −0.23** Caregiver Age −0.15* 0.01 −0.02 −0.04 Duration of caregiving −0.32** −0.20** −0.21** −0.26** Hours per day assisting with ADL −0.22** −0.15* −0.17** −0.34** Neuroticism −0.29** −0.44** −0.25** −0.28** Extroversion 0.09 0.20** 0.10 0.11 Agreeableness −0.10 0.02 0.10 −0.03 Conscientiousness 0.17** 0.21** 0.14* 0.11 Openness 0.13* 0.11 0.08 0.18** Anxiety −0.44** −0.63** −0.43** −0.57** Depression −0.53** −0.63** −0.47** −0.62**
r values above are significant at
level (2-tailed) and
level (2-tailed). ADL: activities of daily living; WHOQoL-BREF: World Health Organization Quality Of Life-BREF version.