Table 4 Comparison of Caregiver burden scores and its domains between two groups

Time-Dependence

Before

16.82 (3.01)

15.98 (4.50)

†p = 0.237

After

14.32 (3.50)

17.36 (3.92)

^‡P < 0.001 η² =0.345

††p

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

Difference

−2.5 (3.33)

1.37 (1.97)

†p < 0.001

Developmental

Before

10.08 (5.33)

11.91 (6.38)

†p = 0.097

After

10.32 (4.75)

14.22 (5.44)

^‡P < 0.001 η² = 0.133

††p

p = 0.702

p < 0.001

Difference

0.24 (4.78)

2.31 (3.22)

†p = 0.007

Physical

Before

5.75 (5.08)

8.84 (5.42)

†p = 0.002

After

5.39 (4.81)

9.94 (5.16)

^‡P < 0.001 η² = 0.103

††p

p = 0.532

P = 0.02

Difference

−0.36 (4.38)

1.1 (3.5)

†p = 0.049

Social

Before

4.53 (5.13)

6.15 (5.21)

†p = 0.097

After

5.06 (5.31)

9.74 (5.95)

^‡P < 0.001 η² = 0.147

††p

p = 0.353

p < 0.001

Difference

0.53 (4.34)

3.58 (4.49)

†p < 0.001

Emotional

Before

7.55 (5.31)

9.37 (6.37)

†p = 0.096

After

5.34 (4.26)

11.25 (5.73)

^‡P = 0.147 η² = 0.288

††p

p = 0.001

p < 0.001

Difference

−2.2 (4.78)

1.87 (4.44)

†p < 0.001

Caregiver Burden

Before

44.75 (17.21)

52.27 (23.95)

†p = 0.055

After

40.46 (17.28)

62.63 (22.68)

^‡P < 0.001 η² = 0.305

††p

p = 0.036

p < 0.001

Difference

−4.29 (15.21)

10.36 (10.83)

†p < 0.001