Table 2 Intensity of informal care provided by nature of care for hip fracture patients and CarerQoL-score
From: Care-related Quality of Life of informal caregivers of the elderly after a hip fracture
|  | Total (n = 123) | 1 month (n = 40) | 3 months (n = 39) | 6 months (n = 44) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total hours per week of informal care (M,SD) | 39.5 (32.8) | 50.3 (32.1) | 45.0 (38.2) | 24.8 (21.7) | < 0.01 |
Nature of informal care activities (% of total hours) | |||||
 - Personal care | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 6.3 |  |
 - Household chores | 19.7 | 20.1 | 18.7 | 20.5 |  |
 - Nursing | 1.4 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0 |  |
 - Mobility outdoors | 9.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 13.5 |  |
 - Logistic activities | 4.5 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 7.7 |  |
 - Social activities | 56.8 | 57.2 | 59.4 | 52.0 |  |
CarerQoL-7D score (M,SD) | 83.7 (15.0) | 81.6 (16.7) | 87.0 (12.8) | 82.6 (15.0) | 0.23 |
CarerQoL-VAS (M,SD) | 7.6 (1.5) | 7.3 (1.8) | 7.9 (1.1) | 7.5 (1.3) | 0.13 |
CarerQoL-VAS ‘transfer’ (M,SD) | 6.8 (2.1) | 6.5 (2.0) | 6.7 (2.4) | 7.2 (1.9) | 0.26 |
Process utility (M,SD) | 0.7 (2.0) | 0.8 (2.0) | 1.2 (2.3) | 0.27 (1.71 | 0.11 |