Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study caregivers and their mentally ill patients, Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, 2017
Variables | Caregivers | Patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. (425) | % | No. (425) | % |
Age (years) | ||||
 Range | 21–85 | 5–75 | ||
 Mean ± SD | 45.1 ± 14.3 | 32.7 ± 12.2 | ||
Gender | ||||
 Male | 167 | 39.3 | 200 | 47.1 |
 Female | 258 | 60.7 | 225 | 52.9 |
Residence | ||||
 Urban | 59 | 13.9 | 59 | 13.9 |
 Rural | 366 | 86.1 | 366 | 86.1 |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Married | 295 | 69.4 | 166 | 39.1 |
 Single | 54 | 12.7 | 206 | 48.5 |
 Divorced | 9 | 2.1 | 32 | 7.5 |
 Widowed | 67 | 15.8 | 21 | 4.9 |
Educational status | ||||
 Illiterate | 231 | 54.4 | 182 | 42.8 |
 Can read and write | 37 | 8.7 | 32 | 7.5 |
 Primary/preparatory | 35 | 8.2 | 91 | 21.4 |
 Secondary/technical/above average | 90 | 21.2 | 103 | 24.2 |
 University | 32 | 7.5 | 17 | 4.0 |
Caregivers occupation | ||||
 Does not work/\housewife | 283 | 66.6 | – | – |
 Unskilled/skilled worker | 66 | 15.5 | – | – |
 Employee | 25 | 5.9 | – | – |
 Professional | 9 | 2.1 | – | – |
 Farmer | 42 | 9.9 | – | – |
Caregivers relationship with the patients | ||||
 Parents | 208 | 48.9 | – | – |
 Brother/sister | 103 | 24.2 | – | – |
 Spouse (husband/wife) | 48 | 11.3 | – | – |
 Son/daughter | 30 | 7.1 | – | – |
 Others* | 36 | 8.5 | – | – |
Patients income | ||||
Employed and a fixed salary is paid even in his illness | – | – | 10 | 2.4 |
Employed and no salary is paid in his illness | – | – | 39 | 9.2 |
Unemployed and has a pension for his mother or father or exceptional | – | – | 99 | 23.3 |
Unemployed and has no source of income, financially supported by his own family | – | – | 257 | 60.5 |
Retired with a pension | – | – | 1 | 0.2 |
Non-applicable (e.g., children) | – | – | 19 | 4.5 |