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Table 2 Relationships of burden with socio-demographic and clinical variables and professional and social support

From: Psychosocial burden and professional and social support in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) and their relatives in Italy

  Practical burden Psychological burden
Patients group
 Help to patient in daily activities and care, r value .63d .54d
 Duration of symptoms, r value .26c .22b
 ATTRv stage, mean (sd)
  0 1.4 (0.5)
  1 2.0 (0.7)
  2 2.2 (0.4)
  3 2.3 (0.7)
  F, df 3.5; 3, 137 a
ATTRv type, mean (sd)
  PN 2.1 (0.7)
  CM 1.8 (0.5)
  F, df 5.2; 1,139a
Rehabilitative treatments, mean (sd)
  Yes 2.6 (0.6) 2.5 (0.6)
  No 1.9 (0.7) 1.9 (0.6)
  F, df 26.1; 1, 137d 34.0; 1,137d
Informative sessions on the disease, mean (sd)
  Yes 2.3 (0.7) 2.3 (0.7)
  No 1.9 (0.7) 1.9 (0.6)
  F, df 5.9; 1,134a 7.03; 1,134b
Relatives group
Social network support in emergencies, r value − .27a − .34c
Help to patient in daily activities and care, r value .65d .58d
Duration of symptoms, r value 66d .58d
Relatives’ sex, mean (sd)
  Male 1.7 (0.6)
  Female 2.1 (0.7)
  F, df 5.1; 1, 67a
ATTRv type, mean (sd)
  PN 2.1 (0.7)
  CM 1.5 (0.5)
  F, df 7.2; 1, 67b
  1. ap < .05; bp < .01; cp < .005; dp < .0001
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