Table 3

Correlation between caregiving hours and caregiver psychological outcomes (n=287)

	Anxiety	Depression	Caregiving esteem	Self-competency	Sense of meaning
Unadjusted Pearson’s correlation coefficients
Caregiving hours	0.08	0.06	0.07	0.27**	−0.07
Anxiety		0.69**	−0.14**	−0.09	−0.55**
Depression			0.01	−0.10	−0.60**
Caregiving esteem				0.24**	0.18**
Self-competency					0.21**
Correlation coefficients adjusting for age, gender, relationship to patient, self-reported adequacy of finances, patient distress, caregiving duration and availability of caregiving help
Caregiving hours	0.02	0.02	0.06	0.25**	−0.01
Anxiety		0.65**	−0.14*	−0.12*	−0.49**
Depression			0.03	−0.07	−0.53**
Caregiving esteem				0.26**	0.17**
Self-competency					0.25**