|  | Caregiving romantic partners (N = 133) | Care-receivers, persons with SCI (N = 133) | ICC (95% CI) | ||
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 | Characteristic [n missing values caregiving romantic partners, care-receivers] | n (%) | Mean (SD); Median (IQR) | n (%) | Mean (SD); Median (IQR) | Within-dyad comparison |
Baseline | Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||
 Age (in years) [0,0] |  | 50.2 (10.1); 52.0 (16.0) |  | 51.7 (9.4); 53.0 (16.0) | 0.79 (0.72, 0.84) | |
 Female gender [0,0] | 98 (73.7) |  | 35 (26.3) |  | - | |
 | 14.0 (3.1); 13.5 (4.0) |  | 13.9 (3.2); 13.0 (4.0) | 0.27 (0.14, 0.46) | ||
 Financial hardship | 39 (33.1) |  | 38 (31.9) |  | 0.55 (0.32, 0.76) | |
 Paid employment [0,0] | 94 (70.7) |  | 79 (59.4) |  | 0.27 (0.09, 0.57) | |
Lesion characteristics | ||||||
 Lesion severity [2] | ||||||
  Incomplete paraplegia | - - |  | 45 (34.4) |  | - - | |
  Complete paraplegia | - - |  | 49 (37.4) |  | - - | |
  Incomplete tetraplegia | - - |  | 24 (18.3) |  | - - | |
  Complete tetraplegia | - - |  | 13 (9.9) |  | - - | |
 Aetiology [3] | ||||||
  Traumatic |  |  | 109 (83.8) |  |  | |
  Non-traumatic |  |  | 21 (16.2) |  |  | |
Objective caregiver burden | ||||||
 Duration of daily care (in hours) [8] |  | 1.7 (3.3); 1.0 (2.0) |  | - - | - - | |
 Duration of caregiving (in years) [7] |  | 17.9 (10.9); 15.5 (17.0) |  | - - | - - | |
 Number of ADL tasks (range 0–12) [11] |  | 2.0 (2.8); 1.0 (3.0) |  | - - | - - | |
 Number of IADL tasks (range 0–10) [10] |  | 3.6 (2.8); 3.0 (4.0) |  | - - | - - | |
Subjective caregiver burden | ||||||
 Zarit Burden Interview (range 0–48) [1] |  | 6.6 (7.0); 4.0 (9.0) |  | - - | - - | |
Social relationships | ||||||
 Loneliness (UCLA-SF) (range 0–6) [4,0] |  | 0.8 (1.3); 0.0 (1.0) |  | 1.2 (1.4); 1.0 (2.0) | 0.14 (0.03, 0.42) | |
 Relationship quality (QRI) (range 0–24) [1] |  | 20.2 (3.5); 21.0 (4.0) |  | 20.9 (3.0); 22.0 (3.0) | 0.39 (0.25, 0.55) | |
 | 6.6 (2.1); 6.0 (3.0) |  | 7.0 (1.7); 7.0 (2.0) | 0.09 (0.01, 0.48) | ||
 Social network (SNI) [3] |  | 3.7 (1.1); 4.0 (1.5) |  | 4.1 (1.0); 4.0 (2.0) | 0.40 (0.27, 0.56) | |
6 Months | Social relationships | |||||
 Loneliness (UCLA-SF) (range 0–6) [4,0] |  | 0.9 (1.4); 0.0 (2.0) |  | 1.2 (1.4); 1.0 (2.0) | 0.10 (0.01, 0.46) | |
 | 20.7 (3.3); 21.0 (3.0) |  | 20.9 (3.0); 22.0 (3.0) | 0.29 (0.16, 0.47) | ||
 | 5.2 (1.7); 5.0 (1.0) |  | 7.0 (1.7); 7.0 (2.0) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | ||
 Social network (SNI) [3] |  | 3.7 (1.1); 4.0 (1.5) |  | 4.1 (1.0); 4.0 (2.0) | 0.40 (0.27, 0.56) | |
12 Months | Health outcomes (SF-12) (range 0–100) | |||||
 | 70.8 (14.8); 70.0 (20.0) |  | 69.3 (18.5); 70.0 (20.0) | 0.24 (0.11, 0.45) | ||
 Vitality [4] |  | 60.5 (20.1); 60.0 (40.0) |  | 56.0 (22.6); 60.0 (40.0) | 0.13 (0.03, 0.42) | |
 Bodily pain intensity [4] |  | 40.6 (31.2); 40.0 (60.0) |  | 52.4 (29.1); 60.0 (40.0) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | |
 General health [4] |  | 57.1 (18.8); 60.0 (20.0) |  | 48.6 (18.9); 60.0 (20.0) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) |