Relationships between Caregiving Stress, Depression, and Self-Esteem in Family Caregivers of Adults with a Disability

Table 4

Caregiving stress, depression, and self-esteem according to the general characteristics of the subjects ().

Variables	Caregiving stress		Depression		Self-esteem
	Sex
Male		0.009		0.041		0.988
Female
Age
30~39		0.001		0.782		0.002
40~49
50~59
60 or older
Relationship with patient
Spouse		0.008		0.176		0.576
Child
Other
Marital status
Married		0.041		0.172		0.306
Single
Whether they are currently employed
Yes		0.001		0.082		0.924
No
Highest education
Midschool; or lower		0.001		0.053		0.008
High school; graduate
Bachelor’s degrees
Master’s or; higher
Caregiving expense (₩ 10,000)
Less than 50		0.015		0.001		0.089
50 to 100
100 to 150
150 to 200
200 or more
Time spent on caregiving
Less than 5 hrs		0.005		0.815		0.663
5 to 10 hrs
10 or more hrs
Monthly income (₩ 10,000)
Less than 100		0.012		0.001		0.002
100 to 200
200 to 300
300 to 400
400 or more

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