Figure 1.

Hypothesized model of the mediating role of care partner burden between patient clinical characteristics (cognition, physical function, and BPSD) and care partner mental health (anxiety and depression)

Note. *Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia. a-path represents the direct effects from patient clinical factors to the mediator, b-path indicates the direct effects from the mediator to care partner mental health outcomes, c-path signifies the total effect from patient clinical factors to care partner mental health outcomes without considering the mediator, and c’-path represents the direct effect from patient clinical characterizes to care partner mental health outcomes after accounting for the mediator.