Children in Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State: Patients’ Condition and Caregivers’ Burden

Table 4

Scores of psychological assessments of caregivers of children with DOCs.

BDI-II, n (%)
Minimal	15 (42.8)
Mild	7 (20.0)
Moderate	3 (8.6)
Severe	10 (28.6)
SF-12, mean (SD)
Physical component summary	51.6 (4.5)
Mental component summary	44.8 (8.4)
STAI-Y, mean (SD)
State anxiety	45.6 (12.3)
Trait anxiety	47.2 (10.4)
COPE, mean (SD)
Problem oriented strategies	51.4 (9.7)
Strategies of emotional expression	66.0 (10.7)
Potentially dysfunctional strategies	21.9 (4.4)