From: Cost and burden of informal caregiving of dependent older people in a rural Indian community
Explanatory variables | βa(95% CI) | p value | βb(95% CI) | p value |
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Care recipients' characteristics: | ||||
Age in years | -0.1 (-0.5; +0.2) | 0.41 | -0.1 (-0.4; +0.2) | 0.45 |
Male gender | +4.3 (-0.1; +8.8) | 0.06 | +3.6 (-1.2; +8.5) | 0.14 |
Household size | -0.3 (-1.1; +0.5) | 0.47 | -0.2 (-1.0; +0.6) | 0.63 |
Receives pension support | -4.5 (-9.5; +0.6) | 0.08 | -4.0 (-9.3; +1.2) | 0.13 |
Sleep disturbance | +4.8 (+0.5; +9.1) | 0.03 | +5.5 (+1.3; +9.8) | 0.01 |
Had experienced fall more than once | +2.7 (-5.1; +10.5) | 0.49 | +2.86 (-5.1; +10.8) | 0.47 |
Urinary Incontinence | +6.9 (+1.0; +12.7) | 0.02 | +7.8 (+1.4; +13.5) | 0.02 |
Diabetes mellitus | -0.01 (-6.0; +6.0) | 0.99 | -0.6 (-6.8; +5.6) | 0.85 |
Cerebro vascular disease | +8.3 (+1.4; +15.1) | 0.02 | +7.5 (0.4; +14.7) | 0.04 |
Parkinson’s disease c | +15.3 (+4.1; +26.4) | 0.008 | +15.7 (+4.1; +27.5) | 0.009 |
Dementiad | +0.6 (-10.8; +9.6) | 0.9 | +0.007 (-10.3; +10.3) | 0.99 |
WHODAS II total score e | +0.2 (+0.04; +0.3) | 0.01 | +0.2 (+0.07; +0.4) | 0.004 |
Caregivers' characteristics: | ||||
Age in years | +0.1 (-0.03; +0.2) | 0.12 | +0.1 (-0.004; +0.3)f | 0.13 |
Women as primary caregiver | -0.6 (-6.0; +4.8) | 0.83 | +0.5 (-5.0; +6.1)g | 0.84 |
Spouse as primary caregiver | +6.0 (+1.1; +10.9) | 0.02 | +5.8 (-0.6; +12.2) | 0.08 |
Lack of formal education | +0.1 (-4.4; +4.6) | 0.96 | -0.6 (-5.3; +4.1)h | 0.79 |
Need to cut down work | +0.06 (-0.7; +8.3) | 0.87 | +0.2 (-0.7; +1.1) | 0.61 |
Availability of additional caregiver | -1.3 (-5.8; +3.2) | 0.57 | -1.0 (-5.7; +3.8) | 0.68 |
Hours/week of informal care on ADL i | +1.8 (0.2; +3.4) | 0.03 | +1.8 (+0.1; 3.5) | 0.03 |
Hours/week spent on supervision | +6.7 (+2.9; +10.4) | 0.001 | +6.3 (+2.5; +10.1) | 0.001 |