Investigating the relationship between quality of life and hope in family caregivers of hemodialysis patients and related factors

Table 3 Correlation between quality of life and hope with demographic variables

Variable	Quality of Life (SF8)		Quality of Life (FQOL)		Hope
Variable	^aCorrelation Coefficient	Level of Significance	^aCorrelation Coefficient	Level of Significance	^aCorrelation Coefficient	Level of Significance
Age of caregiver	−0.198	* < 0.001	−0.077	0.183	0.082	0.158
Number of hours of care per day	−0.225	* < 0.001	−0.111	0.056	−0.047	0.421
History of care of the patient (month)	0.010	0.861	0.066	0.253	0.131	*0.023
The number of individuals participating in care besides the main caregiver	−0.005	0.935	0.073	0.077	−0.087	0.134
Age of patients	0.035	0.549	0.077	0.183	0.047	0.420
Level of education	0.268	* < 0.001	0.218	* < 0.001	0.127	*0.028
History of dialysis	0.04	0.419	0.05	0.34	0.180	*0.002

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