Fatigue and Mental Status of Caregivers of Severely Chronically Ill Patients
Table 1
General characteristics of study participants.
Patient disease: severe chronic disease
Patient disease: advanced cancer
values
Sex
0.824
Male
14 (26.4)
14 (29.8)
Female
39 (73.6)
33 (70.2)
Caregiver age (years)
62.43 ± 14.11
61.40 ± 13.09
0.707
Patient age (years)
68.57 ± 19.04
70.21 ± 15.69
0.641
Patient’s disease duration (months)
103.28 ± 84.18
40.13 ± 64.37
<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
24.45 ± 3.87
23.50 ± 3.01
0.181
Sleep duration (hours)
5.66 ± 1.57
5.96 ± 1.44
0.329
ESS total score
7.23 ± 4.58
7.00 ± 4.14
0.797
HADS-anxiety score
8.51 ± 3.94
9.13 ± 5.44
0.514
HADS-depression score
10.45 ± 4.24
10.47 ± 5.03
0.987
Exercise
0.629
No exercise
31 (58.5)
23 (48.9)
1–3 times/week
7 (13.2)
8 (17.0)
>3 times/week
15 (28.3)
16 (34.0)
Smoking
0.184
Nonsmoker
43 (81.1)
35 (74.5)
Ex-smoker
9 (17.0)
7 (14.9)
Current smoker
1 (1.9)
5 (10.6)
Alcohol consumption
0.194
No alcohol
40 (75.)
29 (61.7)
>1 time/week
13 (24.5)
18 (38.3)
MFI-K total scores
62.15 ± 13.27
58.49 ± 14.20
0.186
General/physical fatigue
22.02 ± 4.15
20.21 ± 5.11
0.057
Mental fatigue
19.62 ± 5.14
16.36 ± 5.49
0.598
Reduced activities
10.45 ± 3.82
10.04 ± 3.41
0.574
Motivation
12.75 ± 3.14
11.87 ± 3.87
0.212
Data are mean ± SD or N (%). values were obtained by independent t-tests or chi-square tests or Fisher’s exact tests. BMI, body mass index; MFI-K, multidimensional fatigue inventory-Korean version; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; HADS, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale.
