Improving the Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of People with Alzheimer’s Disease through Virtual Communities of Practice: A Quasiexperimental Study

Table 1

Statistical differences between demographic and caring values of the two groups.

	VCoP1	VCoP2	p value
Gender^a, n (%)			0.693
Male	3 (15.78)	5 (26.32)
Female	16 (84.22)	14 (73.68)
Marital status^b, n (%)			0.667
Married	15 (78.94)	13 (68.42)
Single	2 (10.55)	2 (10.53)
Divorced	2 (10.55)	4 (21.05)
Level of studies^c, n (%)			0.366
Primary	4 (21.05)	3 (15.78)
Secondary	10 (52.63)	8 (42.11)
University	5 (26.32)	8 (42.11)
Relation/person with Alzheimer’s^b, n (%)			0.050
Offspring	12 (63.17)	18 (94.74)
Spouse	4 (21.05)	1 (5.26)
Other	3 (15.78)	0 (0)
Age^d, M (SD)	56.31 (12.06)	55.15 (9.22)	0.492
Offspring number^d, M (SD)	1.71 (0.99)	1.36 (1.01)	0.253
Length of caring^d, M (SD)	3.26 (2.21)	4.78 (2.63)	0.056

^aExact-test de Fisher; ^bPearson’s chi-square; ^cchi-square linear tendency; ^dU de Mann-Whitney.