Covariates of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Burdens among the Caregivers of Hypertensive Patients

Table 1

Baseline sociodemographic characteristics of the caregivers.

Characteristics	Categories	Total N = 949 number (%)
Age of the caregiver (in years)	18–25	479 (50.5)
	26–30	137 (14.4)
	31–35	83 (8.7)
	36–40	55 (5.8)
	>40	195 (20.5)
Relation with the patient	Spouse	204 (21.5)
	Daughter/son	527 (55.5)
	Daughter-in-law/son-in-law	46 (4.8)
	Sister/brother	31 (3.3)
	Others	141 (14.9)
Sex	Male	408 (43.0)
	Female	541 (57.0
Shared same home	Yes	796 (83.9)
	No	38 (4.0)
	Sometimes	115 (12.1)
Education	Never attended school	17 (1.8)
	Primary	66 (7.0)
	Secondary	113 (11.9)
	Higher secondary	280 (29.5)
	Tertiary	473 (49.8)
Occupation	Student	315 (33.2)
	Homemaker	197 (20.8)
	Service holder	120 (12.6)
	Business	93 (9.8)
	Health professionals	191 (20.10)
	Others	33 (3.5)
Monthly income (taka)	<10,000	310 (32.7)
	10,000–24,999	192 (20.2)
	25,000–49,999	260 (27.4)
	50,000–74,999	99 (10.4)
	75,000–100,000	68 (7.2)
	>100,000	20 (2.1)
Residence	Rural	161 (17.0)
	Semiurban	206 (21.7)
	Urban	582 (61.3)
Duration of being the primary caregiver	<1 year	82 (8.6)
	1–5 years	525 (55.3)
	5–10 years	208 (21.9)
	>10 years	134 (14.1)
Number of hypertensive people in the family	1	498 (52.5)
	2-3	400 (42.1)
	>3	51 (5.4)
Personal history of hypertension	Present	176 (18.5)
	Absent	716 (75.4)
	Do not know	57 (6.0)
Caregiving duration/day	<1 hour	512 (54.0)
	1–3 hours	309 (32.6)
	4-5 hours	65 (6.8)
	5–10 hours	23 (2.4)
	10–15 hours	13 (1.4)
	>15 hours	27 (2.8)
Source of knowledge about hypertension	Doctor	793 (83.6)
	Family/relative/friends/neighbors	536 (56.5)
	Social media	382 (40.4)
	Do not know	14 (1.5)