Research Article
Fatigue and Mental Status of Caregivers of Severely Chronically Ill Patients
Table 2
Correlation between MFI-K and other factors.
| | MFI-K total scores | General/physical fatigue | Mental fatigue | r | p | r | p | r | p |
| Caregiver age | 0.049 | 0.631 | 0.185 | 0.065 | 0.346 | <0.001 | Patient age | 0.436 | <0.001 | −0.171 | 0.089 | 0.100 | 0.323 | Patient’s disease duration | 0.193 | 0.055 | 0.284 | 0.004 | 0.169 | 0.094 | BMI | −0.127 | 0.207 | −0.074 | 0.465 | −0.076 | 0.452 | Sleep duration | −0.026 | 0.794 | −0.171 | 0.090 | 0.028 | 0.782 | ESS total scores | 0.346 | <0.001 | 0.270 | 0.007 | 0.431 | <0.001 | HADS-anxiety score | 0.509 | <0.001 | 0.547 | <0.001 | 0.489 | <0.001 | HADS-depression score | 0.576 | <0.001 | 0.529 | <0.001 | 0.526 | <0.001 | MFI-K total scores | 1 | | 0.768 | <0.001 | 0.881 | <0.001 | General/physical fatigue | 0.768 | <0.001 | 1 | | 0.563 | <0.001 | Mental fatigue | 0.881 | <0.001 | 0.563 | <0.001 | 1 | | Reduced activities | 0.719 | <0.001 | 0.327 | 0.001 | 0.514 | <0.001 | Motivation | 0.829 | <0.001 | 0.489 | <0.001 | 0.665 | <0.001 |
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values were obtained by Pearson’s correlation analysis. |