Development and psychometric properties evaluation of caregiver burden questionnaire in family caregivers of hemodialysis patients

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants (N = 300)

Demographic variables		Number (%)
Caregiver Gender	Female	190(63.5)
Caregiver Gender	Male	109 (36.5)
Caregiver marital status	Married	204 (68)
	Single	87 (29)
	Others	7 (23)
Relationship to the patient	Patient’s child	166 (56.1)
	Spouse	56 (18.9)
	Others	35 (11.7)
	Patient’s mother	18 (6.1)
	Patient’s father	7 (2.4)
	Patient’s sister	7 (2.4)
	Patient’s brother	7 (2.4)
Caregiver age		37.95 (12.82) ^*
Patient age		54.69 (16.45) ^*
Duration of treatment with hemodialysis		4.11 (4.02) ^*

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