The Relationship between Burden and Depression in Spouses of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of spouse caregivers (S-C) and spouse patients (S-P) with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in two groups.

Demographic characteristics	In all spouses	Spouse; (dialysis dependent patient)	Spouse; (not dialysis dependent patient)	(Pearson test)
Gender of spouse, (%)
Male		7 (24.14)	5 (23.81)
Female		22 (75.86)	16 (76.19)
Gender of patient, (%)
Male		22 (75.86)	16 (76.19)
Female		7 (24.14)	5 (23.81)
Age of spouse
Mean ()	61.84 (11.28)	60.69 (11.13)	63.43 (11.56)
Min–max	35–84	35–82	43–84
Age of patient
Mean (SD)		65.48 (10.54)	66.09 (9.62)
Min–max		47–83	45–84
Years related
Mean (SD)	38.26 (11.70)	38.55 (11.78)	37.85 (11.87)
Min–max	12–58	12–57	14–58
Years of CKD
Mean (SD)	8.76 (7.26)	8.59 (7.79)	9.00 (6.65)
Min–max		1–40	1–23
Monthly income
≤500€		3 (10.34)	2 (9.52)
501–1000€		16 (55.17)	6 (28.57)
1001–2000€		7 (24.14)	9 (42.86)
2001–3000€		3 (10.34)	4 (19.05)
Financial difficulties
None-a few		18 (62.07)	11 (52.38)
Several-many		11 (37.93)	10 (47.62)
Education of S-C
Primary education		19 (65.52)	9 (42.86)
High school		8 (27.59)	5 (23.81)
Higher education		2 (6.90)	7 (33.33)
Work status of S-C
Working		7 (24.14)	4 (19.05)
Not working/housekeeping		9 (31.03)	6 (28.57)
Pensioners		13 (44.83)	11 (52.38)

Note.   deviation. test chi2 distribution.