Table 4.
Cancer caregiver health literacy, eHealth literacy, burden and distress.
| Distress (NCCN distress thermometer) | Caregiver burden (ZBI-12) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | B | SE | Wald | df | Odds Ratio | 95% CI for OR | B | SE | Wald | df | Odds Ratio | 95% CI for OR | ||
| Proactivity and determination to seek information | −0.75* | 0.29 | 6.69 | 1 | 0.47 | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||
| 0.27 | 0.83 | −0.02 | 2.6 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.98 | 0.59 | 1.64 | ||||||
| Adequate information about cancer and cancer management | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.75 | 1 | 1.50 | 0.60 | 3.77 | 0.69 | 0.45 | 2.40 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.83 | 4.81 |
| Supported by HCPs to understand information | 0.14 | 0.40 | 0.12 | 1 | 1.15 | 0.52 | 2.53 | 0.04 | 0.37 | 0.01 | 1 | 1.04 | 0.51 | 2.14 |
| Social support | 0.60 | 0.35 | 2.73 | 1 | 1.79 | 0.90 | 3.57 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.20 | 1 | 1.14 | 0.64 | 2.02 |
| Cancer-related communication with the care recipient | −0.45 | 0.31 | 2.06 | 1 | 0.64 | 0.35 | 1.18 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 1.76 | 1 | 1.48 | 0.83 | 2.65 |
| Understanding care recipient needs and preferences | 1.10* | 0.48 | 5.27 | 1 | 3.0 | 1.17 | 7.61 | 1.37** | 0.45 | 9.46 | 1 | 3.94 | 1.64 | 9.43 |
| Self-care | −0.02 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.99 | 0.50 | 1.96 | 0.59 | 0.32 | 3.40 | 1 | 1.81 | 0.96 | 3.40 |
| Understanding the healthcare system | 1.04* | 0.47 | 4.97 | 1 | 2.83 | 1.13 | 7.05 | −0.76 | 0.40 | 3.62 | 1 | 0.47 | 0.21 | 1.02 |
| Capacity to process health information | −0.11 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.90 | 0.44 | 1.85 | −0.14 | 0.34 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.87 | 0.45 | 1.68 |
| Active engagement with HCPs | 0.53 | 0.33 | 2.67 | 1 | 1.71 | 0.90 | 3.24 | −0.20 | 0.30 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.82 | 0.46 | 1.46 |
| eHealth literacy | 0.07 | 0.04 | 3.39 | 1 | 10.7 | 1.00 | 1.16 | 0.08* | 0.04 | 4.06 | 1 | 1.08 | 1.0 | 1.17 |
| CHLT-6 | 0.10 | 0.74 | 0.02 | 1 | 1.10 | 0.26 | 4.70 | 0.88 | 0.63 | 1.95 | 1 | 2.42 | 0.70 | 8.36 |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.