Analysis of caregiving ability by latent class
Table 3 shows the mean scores of the 6 caregiving ability domains by latent classes. In each class, the GAC mean score was the lowest, compared to other domain scores. This indicated that parents all had higher level of ability of general caregiving on average. In Class 3 (the “low caregiving ability” class) and Class 2 (the “medium caregiving ability” class), the ASR score was higher than other domain scores, indicating that parents had lower ability of appraising supportive resources in the two classes. Although the DCA mean score in Class 1 (the “high caregiving ability” class) was lower than those in the other two classes, this score was much higher than other domain scores in Class 1, indicating that parents in this class also had some difficulty in disease cognitive.