Factors associated with anxiety in family caregivers of children with chronic diseases

Table 3 Psychosocial Variables for Family Caregivers

Variable/Scale	M [95% CI]	SD	Range	r
Anxiety	14.48 [13.29, 15.67]	12.74	0–63
Personal agency and empowerment	101.26 [100.25, 102.27]	10.80	74–142	0.304^***
Family support	59.47 [58.53, 60.41]	10.10	17–68	−0.263^***
Social support	158.66 [156.96, 160.36]	18.26	82–213	−0.196^***
Self-esteem	41.30 [40.86, 41.74]	4.76	19–59	−0.129^**
Quality of life	83.63 [82.60, 84.66]	11.05	58–117	−0.313^***
Family caregiver burden	22.89 [21.77, 24.01]	12.08	0–88	0.487^***
Depression	13.87 [12.96, 14.78]	9.83	0–55	0.526^***
Negative coping style (total score)	23.61 [22.77, 24.45]	9.04	0–60	0.268^***
Insecure attachment (total score)	59.27 [58.29, 60.25]	10.49	25–96	0.241^***
Parental stress	32.52 [31.76, 33.28]	8.18	17–73	0.244^***
Self-efficacy beliefs and optimism	20.75 [20.45, 21.05]	3.23	9–36	0.086^ns
Familism	53.80 [52.17, 55.43]	17.54	18–90	0.102^*
Emotional well-being index	18.19 [17.71, 18.67]	5.16	3–30	−0.431^***
Locus of control (Internal)	76.22 [74.96, 77.48]	13.49	34–114	0.104^*
HSCPs	49.39 [48.82, 49.96]	6.14	33–66	0.125^**
Resilience	133.32 [131.76, 134.88]	16.74	49–172	−0.261^***

Note: N = 446; M = arithmetic mean; CI = confidence interval; SD = standard deviation; r = correlations with anxiety (BAI) calculated using Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient; a two-tailed significance test was used to test H₀: r = 0; ^*** p < 0.001. ^** p < 0.01. ^* p < 0.05. ^ns p > 0.05

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