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Table 2 Outcome measurement of the caregivers and patients

From: Caregiver burden of cancer patients undergoing palliative PTBD: an investigation of patient and caregiver factors

Variables

Median (IQR)/N (%)

Caregivers

 ZBI [Mean ± SD]

58.7 ± 10.1

 No

0 (0)

 Mild

4 (2.2)

 Moderate

93 (50.3)

 Severe

88 (47.5)

 HAD-A

6.0 (5.0, 8.0)

 No

128 (69.2)

 Mild

48 (25.9)

 Moderate

8 (4.3)

 Severe

1 (0.5)

 HAD-D

9.0 (7.0, 10.0)

 No

61 (33.0)

 Mild

79 (42.7)

 Moderate

45 (24.3)

 Severe

0 (0)

 FRAS

183.0 (175.0, 190.0)

Patients

 SPBS

25.0 (21.0, 28.0)

 No

33 (17.8)

 Moderate

125 (67.6)

 Severe

27 (14.6)

 HAD-A

9.0 (7.0, 10.0)

 No

52 (28.1)

 Mild

88 (47.6)

 Moderate

40 (21.6)

 Severe

5 (2.7)

 HAD-D

10.0 (8.0, 11.0)

 No

34 (18.4)

 Mild

87 (47.0)

 Moderate

61 (33.0)

 Severe

3 (1.6)

  1. ZBI: Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview (< 20 [no],20–39 [mild], 40 ~ 59 [moderate], and ≥ 60 [severe]); HAD-A: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (< 8 [no], 8–10 [mild], 11–14 [moderate], and 15–21 [severe]); HAD-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression (< 8 [no], 8–10 [mild], 11–14 [moderate], and 15–21 [severe]); FARS: Family Resilience Assessment Scale; SPBS: Self-perceived Burden Scale (< 20 [no], 20–29 [mild], 30–39 [moderate], and ≥ 40 [severe]); SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range