3.1. Baseline Analyses of the Participants
psychiatric
SECONDARY, DISORDERS
Among the 65 caregivers, 78.5% were female and around two-thirds (64.6%) were aged 51 years or older. As for their education level, about half (49.2%) of the caregivers had obtained secondary education and more than a third (36.9%) had completed tertiary education. The majority of the caregivers (70.8%) were married, and a similar percentage (66.2%) had religious beliefs. About a third of the caregivers (33.8%) had full-time jobs, and most of the caregivers (89.2%) were living with the YAIR. Only 18 YAIRs participated in the study. We analyzed the group differences between the young adults who had their caregivers participate in MBFBE and FBE in the study. In view of the small number of YAIR who participated in the study, we further conducted a baseline comparison of the caregiver profiles and investigated whether there was a significant difference between the young adults who participated in the study and those who did not. We compared their demographic profile (gender, age, education, marital status, religion, employment) and psychiatric history (time of onset and having family history of psychiatric disorders) and found significant differences in their education level (Χ