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Table 4 Final Logistic Regression Model for Characteristics Associated with Caregiver Distress

From: Informal caregivers of clients with neurological conditions: profiles, patterns and risk factors for distress from a home care prevalence study

Client/Caregiver Characteristic

Unadjusted

Adjusted

OR

95 % CI

P value

OR

95 % CI

P value

 

Lower

Upper

  

Lower

Upper

 

Male (ref = female)

    

1.31

1.29

1.33

<.0001

Age 65–74 (Ref = < 65)

    

1.27

1.23

1.30

<.0001

Age 75–84

    

1.47

1.43

1.51

<.0001

Age 85+

    

1.44

1.40

1.48

<.0001

Primary caregiver co-resides

    

1.70

1.67

1.73

<.0001

Informal hours 1 to 7 (Ref = 0)

    

1.06

1.00

1.12

0.0485

Informal hours 8 to 14

    

1.63

1.54

1.73

<.0001

Informal hours 15 to 21

    

2.05

1.94

2.18

<.0001

Informal hours 22+

    

2.65

2.50

2.80

<.0001

MAPLe mild (Ref = MAPLe low)

    

1.24

1.18

1.30

<.0001

MAPLe moderate

    

1.67

1.61

1.73

<.0001

MAPLe high

    

2.07

2.00

2.15

<.0001

MAPLe very high

    

2.50

2.39

2.61

<.0001

ADL hierarchy 1+

    

1.22

1.20

1.24

<.0001

IADL capacity 1 (Ref = 0)

    

1.14

1.06

1.23

0.0009

IADL capacity 2

    

1.29

1.20

1.38

<.0001

IADL capacity 3+

    

1.42

1.33

1.52

<.0001

Alzheimer’s or related dementia

3.21

3.16

3.26

<.0001

1.16

1.14

1.19

<.0001

Multiple Sclerosis

1.00

0.94

1.06

1.00

1.15

1.08

1.24

<.0001

Traumatic Brain Injury

1.43

1.35

1.51

<.0001

1.10

1.03

1.18

0.0032

Huntington Disease

2.44

2.03

2.94

<.0001

1.60

1.30

1.98

<.0001

Stroke

1.34

1.32

1.36

<.0001

0.95

0.93

0.97

<.0001

Muscular Dystrophy

0.98

0.81

1.17

0.8075

1.32

1.08

1.61

0.0070

Cerebral Palsy

0.98

0.88

1.09

0.6675

1.35

1.19

1.52

<.0001

Parkinson’s Disease

1.85

1.80

1.91

<.0001

1.03

0.99

1.07

NS

Epilepsy

1.06

1.00

1.13

0.0734

1.00

0.93

1.07

NS

ALS

1.83

1.64

2.04

<.0001

1.11

0.98

1.25

NS

Spinal Cord Injury

0.79

0.57

1.08

0.1415

1.34

0.94

1.91

NS

DRS 1 to 2 (Ref = 0)

    

1.51

1.48

1.54

<.0001

DRS 3+

    

2.16

2.11

2.20

<.0001

CPS 1 to 2 (Ref = 0)

    

1.44

1.41

1.47

<.0001

CPS 3 to 6

    

1.49

1.44

1.53

<.0001

CHESS 1 to 2 (Ref = 0)

    

1.14

1.11

1.16

<.0001

CHESS 3 to 5

    

1.26

1.23

1.29

<.0001

Client openly expresses conflict/anger

    

1.49

1.46

1.53

<.0001

Economic tradeoffs

    

1.68

1.60

1.76

<.0001

Worsening behaviour

    

1.94

1.89

1.99

<.0001

Conditions make health pattern unstable

    

1.48

1.45

1.50

<.0001

Hallucinations or delusions

    

1.11

1.07

1.15

<.0001

Overall Increase in Care Needs

    

1.43

1.40

1.45

<.0001

Daily home support hours last 7 days

    

0.99

0.98

0.99

<.0001

Daily nursing hours last 7 days

    

0.85

0.83

0.87

<.0001

Ontario (compared to Manitoba)

    

0.74

0.72

0.77

<.0001