Brief telephone counselling is effective for caregivers who do not experience any major life events – caregiver-related outcomes of the German day-care study

Table 2 Multiple regression analysis with BSFC-s and WHO-5 scores after 6 months (t1) as dependent variables (n = 359)

Independent variable	BSFC-s (6-month follow up)				WHO-5 (6-month follow up)
	Unstand. b	p	95% CI		Unstand. b	p	95% CI
	Unstand. b	p	lower	upper limit	Unstand. b	p	lower	upper limit
Score at baseline^a	0.84	.000*	0.77	0.90	0.60	.000*	0.51	0.68
Group (0 = control group, 1 = intervention group)	−0.74	.128	−1.69	0.21	0.83	.107	−0.18	1.83
Age of caregiver	−0.00	.866	−0.05	0.04	−0.03	.250	−0.08	0.02
Sex of caregiver (0 = female; 1 = male)	−0.27	.631	−1.35	0.82	−0.21	.724	−1.36	0.95
Frequency of day-care use^b	−0.09	.689	−0.53	0.35	0.12	.607	−0.35	0.59
Other relief services^c	0.06	.785	−0.36	0.48	−0.02	.926	−0.47	0.43
Other counselling services^d	0.14	.801	−0.93	1.20	−0.46	.419	−1.57	0.65
Sole informal caregiver (0 = no, 1 = yes)	−0.99	.067	−2.04	0.07	−0.30	.598	−1.40	0.81
Change in PCIs’ neuropsychiatric symptoms^e	−0.14	.915	−0.27	0,24	−0.21	.127	−0.48	0.06

Significant p-values (<.05) are shown in bold and marked with *
Abbreviations: BSFC-s Burden Scale for Family Caregivers, short version (score) WHO-5 Well-Being Index score PCI person with cognitive impairment
^aBSFC-s at baseline if BSFC-s 6-month follow-up is dependent variable, WHO-5 at baseline if WHO-5 6-month follow-up is dependent variable
^baverage frequency per week (month 1–6)
^csum of domestic care service, care group, meals on wheels, respite care, outpatient care service, home-help service
^dsum of caregiver skill training, counselling service for caregivers, support group for caregivers
^ecomputed via Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q), change score as the difference between the NPI score at baseline and after 6 months, positive values on the NPI change score indicate improvements in neuropsychiatric symptoms

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