Table 2.

Univariate linear regression analysis of factors and CTI scores of caregivers.

Variables	β	Standard error	Standardized β	t	P value
Age of caregiver (y)	−0.018	0.026	−0.043	−0.710	0.478
Age of patient (y)	−0.067	0.037	−0.111	−1.833	0.068
Gender of caregiver	−3.891	0.756	−0.300	−5.149	<0.001
Gender of patient	1.244	0.799	0.095	1.558	0.120
Relation between caregiver and patient	0.880	0.483	0.110	1.923	0.069
Employment relationship	0.703	0.918	0.047	0.766	0.444
Marital status of caregiver	−0.866	0.566	−0.093	−1.53	0.127
Cohabitation with patient	−7.137	0.660	−0.550	−10.810	<0.001
Time as a caregiver (y)	−0.119	0.478	−0.015	−0.249	0.803
Educational level of caregiver	−1.781	0.841	−0.128	−2.119	0.035
Occupation of caregiver	1.126	0.786	0.087	1.433	0.153
Annual income of caregiver (Yuan)	−3.138	0.376	−0.454	−8.346	<0.001
Receive caregiving training	−4.998	0.737	−0.382	−6.783	<0.001
Hemodialysis sessions per week for patient	0.192	0.897	0.013	0.214	0.831
Patient has other concurrent chronic diseases	4.088	0.766	0.309	5.334	<0.001

β – regression coefficients; Standardized β – standardized regression coefficients.