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. 2023 Aug 29;23:525. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04234-0

Table 4.

Factors associated with caregiver burden (short ZBI ≥ 10)

Model 11 Model 22 Model 33
OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Caregiver gender (male) 6.0 (1.6; 22.8) 0.008 5.7 (1.4; 23.1) 0.014 6.0 (1.4; 26.1) 0.016
Employment status (Does not work) 7.6 (1.8; 31.8) 0.006 7.4 (1.7; 31.9) 0.008 7.7 (1.5; 39.4) 0.014
Kinship (No) 5.4 (1.0; 28.2) 0.046 5.3 (1.0; 28.8) 0.056 4.4 (0.7; 27.3) 0.116
Lives with patient (No) 4.5 (1.1; 19.6) 0.042 4.2 (0.9; 19.1) 0.065 6.0 (1.2; 30.1) 0.030
 h of care (< 8 h) 5.6 (1.4; 22.8) 0.017 5.6 (1.3; 23.8) 0.021 5.1 (1.1; 23.7) 0.038
Patient education (≥ secondary) 8.3 (2.3; 30.3) 0.001 9.0 (2.4; 34.1) 0.001 12.3 (2.9; 53.3) 0.001
Total NPI1 1.0 (1.0; 1.1) 0.051
Hyperactivity subsyndrome2 1.1 (1.0; 1.2) 0.003
Disinhibition intensity3 2.6 (1.1; 5.8) 0.023
Irritability intensity3 1.2 (1.0; 1.6) 0.069

1 logistic regression model adjusted for NPI score (-2LL 100,578)

2 logistic regression model adjusted for the intensity of neuropsychiatric subsyndromes (-2LL 91,848)

3 logistic regression model adjusted for the intensity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (-2LL 83,755)