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. 2022 Jul 19;30(6):533–542. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2022.2098898

Table 3.

Predictors of partner’s burden, anxiety and depressive symptoms.

  Burden
Anxiety
Depressive symptoms
Predictors Estimate (95% CI) p-value Estimate (95% CI) p-value Estimate (95% CI) p-value
Intercept 4.35 (−0.39; 9.10) 0.072 5.74 (0.61; 10.87) 0.028 2.83 (−1.08; 6.74) 0.156
Time (months) 0.01 (−0.01; 0.04) 0.246 −0.23 (−0.43; −0.03) 0.023 0.01 (−0.01; 0.02) 0.341
Quadratic effect of time -   0.01 (0.00; 0.01) < 0.001 -  
Cubic effect of time -   -   -  
Partner characteristics            
Age in years −0.03 (−0.06; 0.00) 0.049 −0.03 (−0.06; 0.01) 0.155 0.04 (0.01; 0.06) 0.006
Age in years*time -   0.00 (0.00; 0.00) 0.308 -  
Male sex −0.39 (−1.12; 0.35) 0.303 −0.25 (−0.99; 0.50) 0.512 0.21 (−0.41; 0.84) 0.505
Male sex*time -   -   -  
Higher education 0.86 (0.17; 1.55) 0.014 0.08 (−0.62; 0.78) 0.819 −0.10 (−0.68; 0.49) 0.745
Higher education*time -   -   -  
Burden (CSI)     0.28 (0.19; 0.36) < 0.001 0.16 (0.09; 0.24) < 0.001
Burden (CSI)*time     -   -  
Anxiety (HADS-A) 0.22 (0.15; 0.29) < 0.001     0.42 (0.36; 0.48) < 0.001
Anxiety (HADS-A)*time -       -  
Depressive symptoms (HADS-D) 0.18 (0.10; 0.27) < 0.001 0.56 (0.48; 0.64) < 0.001    
Depressive symptoms (HADS-D)*time -   -      
Proactive coping (UPCC) 0.01 (−0.69; 0.72) 0.967 −0.04 (−0.86; 0.79) 0.930 −1.27 (−1.86; −0.68) < 0.001
Proactive coping (UPCC)*time -   0.01 (−0.02; 0.05) 0.488 -  
Self-efficacy (GSES) 0.07 (−0.01; 0.16) 0.096 −0.12 (−0.20; −0.03) 0.006 0.00 (−0.07; 0.07) 0.967
Self-efficacy (GSES)*time -   -   -  
Patient characteristics            
Stroke severity (NIHSS) 0.15 (0.02; 0.29) 0.026 -   -  
Stroke severity (NIHSS)*time −0.01 (−0.01; 0.00) 0.108 -   -  
ADL independence (BI) −0.07 (−0.15; 0.02) 0.127 0.02 (−0.06; 0.10) 0.557 0.02 (−0.05; 0.08) 0.642
ADL independence (BI)*time -   -   -  
Cognitive functioning (MoCA) −0.10 (−0.19; −0.01) 0.027 0.08 (−0.01; 0.17) 0.067 −0.05 (−0.13; 0.02) 0.154
Cognitive functioning (MoCA)*time -   -   -  
Anxiety (HADS-A) 0.09 (0.02; 0.16) 0.013 0.06 (−0.02; 0.13) 0.148 −0.03 (−0.09; 0.04) 0.446
Anxiety (HADS-A)*time -   -   -  
Depressive symptoms (HADS-D) 0.16 (0.10; 0.23) < 0.001 0.05 (−0.05; 0.15) 0.346 0.08 (0.01; 0.15) 0.019
Depressive symptoms (HADS-D)*time -   −0.01 (−0.01; 0.00) 0.064 -  

CSI: Caregiver Strain Index; HADS-A: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale; HADS-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression subscale; UPCC: Utrecht Proactive Coping Competence Scale; GSES: General Self-Efficacy Scale; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; ADL: activities of daily living; BI: Barthel Index; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment.