Research Article
Testing the Psychometric Properties of a Chinese Version of the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale
Table 2
Characteristics of family caregivers (
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| | Characteristics | (%) |
| | Gender | | | Female | 158 (60.3) | | Male | 104 (39.7) | | Age (years), M ± SD (range) | (range 21–67) | | Education level | | | Primary school or below | 48 (18.3) | | Secondary school | 182 (69.5) | | Tertiary (e.g., university or postgraduate study) | 32 (12.2) | | Relationship with patient | | | Child | 38 (14.5) | | Parent | 98 (37.4) | | Sibling | 33 (12.6) | | Spouse | 63 (24.0) | | Others (e.g., grandparent and nephew) | 30 (12.5) | | Household income, monthly (HKD) | | | 5,000 or below | 8 (3.1) | | 5,001–10,000 | 43 (16.4) | | 10,001–20,000 | 103 (39.3) | | 20,001–30,000 | 83 (31.7) | | More than 30,000 | 25 (9.5) |
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US$1 = HK dollars 7.8.
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