Table 3.

Multiple linear regression model showing association between QoL, measured by CASP, and caregiving status, sociodemographic and health-related variables.

	β	CI95	p-value
Sex: women	0.6	0.5;1.7	0.287
Age*	−0.1	−0.1;−0.02	0.003
Marital status (Ref. with partner)
Single	1.0	−0.8;2.8	0.288
Divorced	−4.6	−6.9;−2.3	< 0.001
Widow/widower	−0.1	−1.1;0.9	0.856
Years of education*	0.03	0.3;2.5	0.574
Perceived health*	−1.3	−1.9;−0.7	< 0.001
Perceived limitation: limited	−1.2	−2.5;0.1	0.077
Number of chronic diseases*	0.2	−0.1;0.4	0.246
Depression*	−1.0	−1.22;−0.72	< 0.001
Loneliness: not lonely	2.0	1.0;3.0	< 0.001
Caregiving status (Ref. non-caregiver)
Non-live-in	3.6	2.1; 5.1	< 0.001
Live-in	−2.6	−4.1;−1.1	0.001
Loneliness # caregiver status
Lonely # non-live-in	4.1	2.0;6.1	< 0.001
Lonely # live-in	−0.4	−2.9;2.0	0.729

In bold, p < 0.05.

R-squared: 0.5127.

β unstandardised beta regression coefficient, CI95 confidence interval at 95% level.

*Indicates continuous variables.