Table 1 Mean (SD) and results of t-tests for HRQOL and social network by caregiver status
family caregivers | non-family caregivers | t value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mean | SD | N | mean | SD | N | |||
PF | 45.31 | 8.74 | 291 | 47.10 | 7.17 | 1328 | 3.70 | *** |
RP | 45.95 | 7.90 | 295 | 47.35 | 7.74 | 1340 | 2.80 | ** |
BP | 47.14 | 8.27 | 308 | 48.85 | 8.09 | 1369 | 3.33 | *** |
GH | 46.96 | 7.28 | 302 | 48.33 | 6.87 | 1290 | 3.07 | ** |
VT | 49.09 | 7.24 | 306 | 50.24 | 6.55 | 1373 | 2.71 | ** |
SF | 45.09 | 9.04 | 302 | 46.75 | 8.92 | 1353 | 2.92 | ** |
RE | 47.33 | 7.91 | 300 | 48.85 | 6.93 | 1328 | 3.34 | *** |
MH | 48.49 | 7.50 | 307 | 49.86 | 6.84 | 1363 | 3.11 | ** |
PCS | 44.94 | 7.52 | 261 | 46.11 | 7.20 | 1172 | 2.36 | * |
MCS | 48.11 | 7.59 | 261 | 49.29 | 6.99 | 1172 | 2.42 | * |
support size | 3.91 | 2.75 | 296 | 3.96 | 2.66 | 1353 | 0.31 | n.s. |
social support | 3.79 | 0.74 | 311 | 3.80 | 0.81 | 1387 | 0.11 | n.s. |