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Table 5 Costs in € per year and intangible costs (quality of life) measured by the Visual analog scale (VAS)

From: Financial burden and quality of life of informal caregivers of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration

Costs in € per year and intangible costs (QoL) measured by the Visual analog scale (VAS)

Total sample

(n = 150)

Visual acuity

>0.3

(n = 92)

Visual acuity

≤0.3 - >0.1

(n = 26)

Visual auity

≤0.1

(n = 32)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Total direct costs (€/year)

539

1,265

395

860

239

278

1,196

2,208

Direct medical costs (€/year)

133

336

90

217

62

138

314

588

Direct non medical costs (€/year)

405

1,104

305

848

176

254

881

1,780

Intangible costs (VAS)

6.7

1.9

6.8

2.0

7.2

1.7

6.2

1.7

QoL of caregivers living in the same household

(n = 65)

6.6

2.0

      

QoL of caregivers not living in the same household

(n = 83)

6.9

1.8

      

QoL of sons

(n = 19)

6.7

2.2

      

QoL of daughters

(n = 40)

6.9

1.9

      

QoL of female spouses

(n = 41)

6.3

1.8

      

QoL of male spouses

(n = 29)

6.6

1.7

      
  1. The values are divided in the total sample and the three different visual acuities. It becomes clear that total direct costs, direct medical and direct non-medical cost increase with a lower visual acuity apart from the visual acuity >0.3 to the visual acuity ≤0.3 - >0.1. Concerning the intangible costs of the different caregivers, it gets clear, that there is no significant strain difference
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Health Economics Review

ISSN: 2191-1991

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