Relationship between caregiver alcohol and drug use disorders and caregiver burden
| AUDIT* <8 (n=463) | AUDIT ≥8 (n=44) | P value | DAST-10† <2 (n=491) | Dast-10 ≥2 (n=16) | P value | CAGE‡ <2 (n=460) | CAGE ≥2 (n=42) | P value | |
| Zarit burden scale§ (mean) | 20.1 | 23.9 | 0.059 | 20.2 | 25.9 | 0.09 | 19.8 | 25.9 | 0.003 |
*AUDIT—Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (cut-off score of 8 to identify problem).
†CAGE questionnaire—cut-off score of 2 to identify alcohol dependence.
‡DAST-10—Drug Abuse Screening Test (cut-off score of 2 to identify problems).
§Zarit burden scale cut-off score of 21 to determine carer burden.