Factors influencing caregivers’ burden among family caregivers and institutionalization of in-home elderly people cared for by family caregivers

Table 7 Comparisons between continuing group and institutionalized group in status of care services use

Variables^a	Continuing group (n = 65)	Institutionalized group (n = 25)	p value	Adjusted^b p value
Home help service (times/month), mean ± SD	4.7 ± 7.8	4.7 ± 8.1	0.735^c	0.882^e
Home-visit bathing service (times/month), mean ± SD	0.3 ± 1.2	0.0 ± 0.0	0.207^c	0.319^e
Home-visit nursing (times/month), mean ± SD	0.4 ± 2.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.207^c	0.319^e
Home-visit rehabilitation (times/month), mean ± SD	1.2 ± 2.8	0.7 ± 2.1	0.394^c	0.882^e
Day care service (times/month), mean ± SD	4.3 ± 5.4	7.1 ± 6.9	0.070^c	0.323^e
Day rehabilitation service (times/month), mean ± SD	1.9 ± 4.2	1.9 ± 4.8	0.845^c	0.751^e
Short-stay service (times/month), mean ± SD	1.0 ± 3.2	3.8 ± 7.2	0.006^c	0.070^e
Rental of welfare equipment, yes, n (%)	38 (58.5)	10 (40.0)	0.116^d	0.275
Home renovation service, yes, n (%)	14 (21.5)	0 (0.0)	0.009^d	0.050
Quantity of service use (times/month), mean ± SD	11583.7 ± 8421.6	15323.6 ± 8299.0	0.050^c	0.761^e
Degree of service use, mean ± SD	45.3 ± 27.5	59.0 ± 28.8	0.049^c	0.943^e

^aData are presented as the number of subjects (n), with the percentage given in parenthesis, or as the mean ± SD, as appropriate
Degree of service use: quantity of service use/limits to benefits per month, evaluated as (%)
^bMantel–Haenszel test (adjusted for age of the elderly requiring care)
^cMann–Whitney U test
^dThe cut-off point was set as the median value
^eChi-square test

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