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

Table 5

Caregiving stress, depression, and self-esteem according to the general characteristics of the person with a disability ().

Variables	Caregiving stress		Depression		Self-esteem
	Sex
Male		0.001		0.536		0.679
Female
Age
40 or younger		0.002		0.003		0.072
40~49
50~59
60~69
70 or older
Type of disability
Stroke		0.061		0.005		0.056
Traumatic brain injury
Spinal cord injury
Other bodily injuries
Grade of disability
Grade 1		0.045		0.001		0.001
Grade 2
Grade 3 or higher
Period of disability
Less than a year		0.019		0.001		0.001
1 to 3 years
3 to 6 years
6 to 10 years
10 years or longer

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