Changes in Caregivers Lifestyle after Severe Acquired Brain Injury: A Preliminary Investigation

Table 3

Time spent in caregiving and related working and financial consequences.

	Primary Caregivers	Secondary Caregivers	Test	p
Caregiving consequences
No consequence	149	58	χ^2 = 5.3920	n.s.
	(58.7%)	(72.5%)
Work temporarily stopped	95	21
	(37.4%)	(26.3%)
Work definitively stopped	10	1
	(3.9%)	(1.2%)
Financial problems	123	33	χ^2 = 1.3792	n.s.
	(47.1%)	(39.8%)
Time spent in caregiving
Every day and night	20	1	χ^2 = 88.6949	p<0.01
	(7.6%)	(1.2%)
All day, but not night	93	1
	(35.5%)	(1.2%)
Every half day	83	14
	(31.7%)	(16.7%)
Few hours a day	27	24
	(10.3%)	(28.6%)
Several hours a week	39	44
	(14.9%)	(52.4%)