| Caregiving partners | Persons with SCI |
---|---|---|
Total [Missing values: SCI; partner] | ||
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||
Continuous | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
 Age (in years) | 50.7 (10.0) | 51.7 (9.4) |
 Net-equivalent household income (in CHF) [17;18] | 4333 (1560) | 4495 (1473) |
 Years of formal education [7;2] | 14.0 (3.2) | 13.8 (3.2) |
 Subjective social position (range 0–10) [5;4] | 6.0 (1.6) | 5.8 (1.8) |
 Duration of caregiving (in years) [7] | 18.8 (11.0) | – |
Categorical | n (%, 95 CI) | n (%, 95 CI) |
 Female [0;0] | 86 (72.9, 64.0–80.2) | 36 (27.1, 19.8–35.9) |
 Financial strain [5;4] | 39 (34.5, 26.2–43.9) | 39 (34.5, 26.2–43.9) |
 Home ownership [2;7] | 79 (66.4, 58.2–74.6) | 81 (72.9, 63.8–80.5) |
 Paid employment [0;0] | 76 (53.3, 44.2–62.3) | 63 (64.4, 55.2–72.6) |
Lesion characteristics of the care-receiver | n (%, 95 CI) | n (%, 95 CI) |
 Lesion severity [2] | ||
 Incomplete paraplegia | – | 36 (31.0, 23.2–40.1) |
 Complete paraplegia | – | 45 (38.8, 30.3–48.1) |
 Incomplete tetraplegia | – | 22 (19.0, 12.7–27.3) |
 Complete tetraplegia | – | 13 (11.2, 6.6–18.5) |
Aetiology [3] | ||
 Traumatic | – | 97 (84.3, 76.4–90.0) |
 Non-traumatic | – | 18 (15.7, 10.0–23.6) |
Health status | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
 Secondary health conditions (SCI-SCS, range 0–24) [0] | – | 10.8 (5.3) |
 Comorbidities (SCQ, range 0–5) [0;0] | 0.8 (1.1) | 0.9 (1.0) |
Psychosocial resources | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
 Quality of relationship (QRI, range 0–24) [3;2] | 20.3 (3.6) | 21.0 (2.9) |
 Loneliness (UCLA-SF, range 0–6) [3;2] | 0.7 (1.3) | 1.1 (1.5) |
 Self-efficacy [3;4] | 15.5 (2.4) | 15.0 (2.7) |
Unfulfilled support needs | n (%, 95 CI) | Â |
 Wish for more support in caregiving (yes) [16] | 19 (16.2, 9.5–23.0) | – |
Caregiver burden | Mean (SD) | Â |
 Objective (duration of daily care in hours) [12] | 2.0 (3.5) | – |
 Subjective (ZBI-S, range 0–48) [5] | 7.4 (7.2) | – |