Prevalence and Risk Factors for Depression among Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients in Saudi Arabia

Table 6

Relation between severity of caregivers’ depression and severity of dementia.

Indicators; of dementia severity	Absent; (n=33)		Mild; (n=33)		Severe; (n=44)		Total; (n=110)		P
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	Value
Duration of disease
(i) < 2 years	14	37.8	11	29.7	12	32.4	37	33.6
(ii) 2-3 years	9	23.1	13	33.3	17	43.6	39	35.5
(iii) > 3 years	10	29.4	9	26.5	15	44.1	34	30.9	0.650
Hospital admissions
(i) No	9	27.3	14	42.4	10	30.3	33	30.0
(ii) Yes	24	31.2	19	24.7	34	44.2	77	70.0	0.161
Pneumonia
(i) No	13	30.2	14	32.6	16	37.2	43	39.1
(ii) Yes	20	29.9	19	28.4	28	41.8	67	60.9	0.864
Repeated falls
(i) Yes	12	21.4	16	28.6	28	50.0	56	50.9
(ii) No	21	38.9	17	31.5	16	29.6	54	49.1	0.057
Bone fracture
(i) Yes	4	20.0	6	30.0	10	50.0	20	18.2
(ii) No	29	32.2	27	30.0	34	37.8	90	81.8	0.490
Getting lost
(i) Yes	17	25.4	20	29.9	30	44.8	67	60.9
(ii) No	16	37.2	13	30.2	14	32.6	43	39.1	0.333