Table 3.

Multivariate linear regression models of change in health-risk behavior and psychological well-being scores ^a

Caregiver Variable	Change in Number of Health-risk Behaviors (posttest - pretest) b		Change in Psychological Well-being Score (posttest - pretest) c
	Regression Coefficient	P	Regression Coefficient	P
Elderly (≥65 years)	0.672	0.099	—	—
Spouse	0.194	0.629	—	—
Number of care recipient conditions	−0.422	0.017	—	—
Caregiver is college graduate or more	—	—	0.770	0.047
Caregiver lives with care recipient	—	—	−0.733	0.060

^aAll variables were entered simultaneously into the final multivariate model as 1=yes and 0=no, except the number of care recipient conditions.

^bR²=0.123

^cR²= 0.06