Research Article
Determination of Care Burden of Caregivers of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Turkey
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of caregivers.
| Demographic characteristics | n | % |
| Age | 18–27 | 27 | 29.4 | 28–37 | 22 | 23.9 | 38 or above | 43 | 46.7 | Gender | Female | 60 | 65.2 | Male | 32 | 34.8 | Education level | Literate | 12 | 13.0 | Primary school | 45 | 48.9 | High school | 11 | 12.0 | University | 24 | 26.1 | Occupation | | | Working | 32 | 34.8 | Non-working | 60 | 65.2 | Working status | Worker | 19 | 59.3 | Officer | 13 | 40.7 | Marital status | | | Married | 66 | 71.7 | Single | 26 | 28.3 | Having children | | | Yes | 61 | 66.3 | No | 31 | 33.7 | Number of children () | 1-2 | 22 | 36.1 | 3-4 | 23 | 37.7 | 5 and above | 16 | 26.2 | Social insurance | | | Green card | 18 | 19.6 | Social insurance | 50 | 54.3 | Pension fund | 18 | 19.6 | Self-employed | 6 | 6.5 | The degree of proximity to patient | Parents | 29 | 31.5 | Spouse | 25 | 27.2 | Son/daughter | 22 | 23.9 | Sibling | 16 | 17.4 | Living situations with patients | Yes | 69 | 75.0 | No | 23 | 25.0 | The number of family members living together | | | 2-3 | 30 | 32.6 | 4-5 | 37 | 40.2 | 6 and above | 25 | 27.2 | Having any disease | Yes | 17 | 18.5 | No | 75 | 81.5 |
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