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Table 3 Means and standard deviations of FBIS for chronic viral hepatitis (n = 1478)

From: Caregiver burden and its determinants among family members of patients with chronic viral hepatitis in Shanghai, China: a community-based survey

Scales

Standard FBIS

Adjusted FBIS

Range of items

Mean

Standard deviation

Range of items

Mean

Standard deviation

Family Burden Interview Schedule

1-25

12.62

10.74

1-25

12.62

10.74

  Financial burden

1-6

4.81

3.36

1-8

6.29

4.39

  Disruption of family routine activities

7-11

2.68

2.57

9-11

1.20

1.56

  Disruption of family leisure

12-15

1.89

2.10

12-15

1.89

2.10

  Disruption of family interactions

16-20

2.04

2.38

16,18-20

1.75

1.99

  Effect on physical health of others

21-22

0.52

0.91

21-22

0.52

0.91

  Effect on mental health of others

23-25

0.68

1.27

17,23-25

0.97

1.64

  1. FBIS: The Family Burden Interview Schedule; Adjusted FBIS was the standard version of FBIS which was restructured according to the results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.