Table 1 Characteristics of patients and family caregivers (n = 306)
Characteristics of family caregivers (FCs) | |
 Gender (% of women) | 167 (54.6%) |
 Age (years, Mean ± SD) | 41.20 ± 10. 81 |
 Ethnicity (% of Han) | 296 (96.7%) |
 Duration of caregiving (Month, Mean ± SD) | 15.52 ± 6.90 |
 Hours of caregiving per day (Hour, Mean ± SD) | 17.83 ± 7.21 |
 Understanding of the disease (n, %) | |
  Incompletely | 7 (2.3%) |
  Partial | 190 (62.1%) |
  Completely | 109 (35.6%) |
 Relationship to patient (n, %) | |
  Spouse | 114 (37.3%) |
  Parent | 133 (43.5%) |
  Child | 43 (14.0%) |
  Other | 16 (5.2%) |
 Level of education (n, %) | |
  No more than primary school | 38 (12.4%) |
  Middle or high school | 202 (66.0%) |
  University | 66 (21.6%) |
 Marital status (n, %) | |
  Married | 288 (94.1%) |
  Other | 18 (5.9%) |
 Employment (n, %) | |
  Employed | 236 (77.1%) |
  Retired | 22 (7.2%) |
  Unemployed | 48 (15.7%) |
 Religious belief (n, %) | |
  No | 260 (85.0%) |
  Yes | 46 (15.0%) |
 Annual household income (Yuan) | |
  ≤40,000 | 165 (53.9%) |
  40,001–79,999 | 131 (42.8%) |
  ≥80,000 | 10 (3.3%) |
 Anxiety (Mean ± SD) | 10.81 ± 2.32 |
 Depression (Mean ± SD) | 8.17 ± 2.23 |
 Social support (Mean ± SD) | 37.00 ± 7.91 |
 Family function (APGAR score, Mean ± SD) | 6.76 ± 1.82 |
Characteristics of patients | |
 Gender | 162 (52.9%) |
 Age | 35.65 ± 20.68 |
 Ethnicity | 292 (95.4%) |
 Types of leukemia (n, %) | |
  ALL | 93 (30.4%) |
  AML | 163 (53.3%) |
  CLL | 8 (2.6%) |
  CML | 42 (13.7%) |
 Medical insurance (n, %) | |
  Yes | 278 (90.8%) |
  No | 28 (9.2%) |
 Duration since diagnosis (Month, Mean ± SD) | 21.31 ± 18.37 |