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.