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

Table 3

Correlations between factors and KAP percent score.

Factors	Knowledge	Attitude	Practice
Living with the patient in the same home	= 0.004	= 0.002	< 0.001
Yes	54.95 ± 17.33	48.86 ± 23.72	62.24 ± 16.58
No	45.86 ± 20.31	35.17 ± 30.05	51.58 ± 19.39
Sometimes	56.96 ± 20.52	45.85 ± 22.92	57.74 ± 21.36
Relation with the patient	< 0.001	< 0.001	= 0.304
Spouse	50.18 ± 15.86	44.96 ± 24.23	61.52 ± 15.92
Daughter/Son	58.34 ± 17.37	51.44 ± 22.27	61.92 ± 17.69
Daughter-in-law/Son-in-law	48.45 ± 15.13	46.25 ± 22.50	57.61 ± 16.22
Sister/Brother	53.92 ± 19.42	53.67 ± 25.86	62.90 ± 14.19
Others	50.76 ± 20.54	38.49 ± 27.16	59.29 ± 19.81
Gender	= 0.917	= 0.925	= 0.057
Male	54.90 ± 17.92	47.86 ± 23.91	62.53 ± 18.45
Female	54.78 ± 18.00	48.01 ± 24.17	60.31 ± 16.70
Age of the caregiver (in years)	< 0.001	= 0.119	= 0.363
18–25	57.55 ± 18.30	48.79 ± 22.92	60.88 ± 18.02
26–30	55.58 ± 18.61	50.30 ± 25.78	62.55 ± 17.45
31–35	49.74 ± 17.26	47.75 ± 24.46	59.16 ± 16.47
36–40	47.27 ± 14.25	41.16 ± 26.23	59.27 ± 19.89
>40	51.94 ± 16.45	46.20 ± 24.48	62.77 ± 15.84
Education	< 0.001	= 0.001	< 0.001
Illiterate	39.5 ± 15.18	29.41 ± 31.08	54.12 ± 12.78
Primary	42.96 ± 13.81	41.32 ± 24.51	56.06 ± 17.00
Secondary	47.09 ± 13.45	45.70 ± 22.87	57.61 ± 17.13
Higher secondary	53.49 ± 18.08	49.68 ± 23.19	60.64 ± 18.00
Tertiary	59.68 ± 17.61	49.05 ± 24.11	63.49 ± 17.17
Occupation	< 0.001	< 0.001	= 0.066
Student	54.08 ± 16.69	46.18 ± 23.19	62.48 ± 18.28
Homemaker	47.03 ± 13.86	44.49 ± 25.24	58.78 ± 15.63
Service holder	54.22 ± 16.24	50.00 ± 25.66	62.17 ± 17.69
Business	53.30 ± 16.37	49.36 ± 20.65	64.30 ± 15.35
Health professionals	68.10 ± 17.86	54.40 ± 22.53	60.37 ± 16.87
Others	38.31 ± 16.54	36.64 ± 27.41	57.88 ± 25.83
Residence	< 0.001	< 0.001	= 0.001
Rural	44.72 ± 15.08	42.63 ± 24.71	58.45 ± 18.99
Semiurban	52.53 ± 17.67	45.59 ± 23.25	58.59 ± 17.18
Urban	58.44 ± 17.60	50.25 ± 23.86	62.99 ± 16.98
Personal history of hypertension	= 0.001	= 0.019	< 0.001
Present	53.94 ± 18.24	48.40 ± 25.75	56.42 ± 18.65
Absent	55.72 ± 17.83	48.53 ± 23.02	62.89 ± 16.70
Do not know	46.49 ± 16.54	39.23 ± 29.42	55.79 ± 19.91
Caregiving duration/day	= 0.207	= 0.025	= 0.981
<1 hour	56.18 ± 19.03	48.26 ± 24.20	61.04 ± 17.57
1–3 hours	53.03 ± 16.34	49.54 ± 21.40	61.42 ± 17.26
4-5 hours	53.63 ± 18.26	41.40 ± 25.56	62.00 ± 18.56
5–10 hours	55.90 ± 11.73	38.34 ± 35.94	59.57 ± 17.96
10–15 hours	50.55 ± 18.08	38.46 ± 28.30	63.08 ± 17.02
>15 hours	53.97 ± 17.31	52.19 ± 28.14	62.59 ± 17.50
Duration of caregiving (years)	= 0.036	= 0.065	= 0.002
<1	55.23 ± 20.58	50.11 ± 26.19	57.07 ± 18.56
1–5	54.79 ± 17.68	48.38 ± 23.54	62.13 ± 17.58
5–10	57.07 ± 17.10	49.21 ± 23.51	63.22 ± 16.50
>10	51.28 ± 18.22	42.94 ± 25.09	57.39 ± 17.21
Number of hypertensive people in the family	= 0.037	= 0.364	= 0.013
1	53.53 ± 18.36	47.30 ± 24.54	60.02 ± 17.36
2-3	55.96 ± 17.08	48.20 ± 23.41	63.18 ± 17.59
>3	58.68 ± 19.81	52.23 ± 24.11	58.43 ± 17.01