Table 6.
Mediation Analyses
| Unmet Needs as Mediator between Social Network and Quality of Life rated by Carers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent variable: Quality of life rated by carers | |||||
| Regression 1 | Independent Variable(s) | B | SE | t | p |
| Constant | 27.065 | 1.240 | 21.828 | 0.000 | |
| Social network | 0.537 | 0.441 | 1.218 | 0.226 | |
| Dependent variable: Unmet needs | |||||
| Regression 2 | Independent Variable(s) | B | SE | t | p |
| Constant | 4.041 | 0.498 | 8.121 | 0.000 | |
| Social network | -0.508 | 0.177 | -2.874 | 0.005 | |
| Dependent variable: Quality of life rated by carers | |||||
| Regression 3 | Independent Variable(s) | B | SE | t | p |
| Constant | 29.671 | 1.453 | 20.424 | 0.000 | |
| Social network | 0.200 | 0.437 | 0.457 | 0.649 | |
| Unmet needs | -0.736 | 0.235 | -3.132 | 0.002 | |
| Unmet Needs as Mediator between Social Network and self-rated quality of life | |||||
| Dependent variable: Self-rated quality of life | |||||
| Regression 1 | Independent Variable(s) | B | SE | t | p |
| Constant | 31.810 | 1.529 | 20.807 | 0.000 | |
| Social network | 0.965 | 0.539 | 1.790 | 0.076 | |
| Dependent variable: Unmet needs | |||||
| Regression 2 | Independent Variable(s) | B | SE | t | p |
| Constant | 4.041 | 0.498 | 8.121 | 0.000 | |
| Social network | -0.508 | 0.177 | -2.874 | 0.005 | |
| Dependent variable: Self-rated quality of life | |||||
| Regression 3 | Independent Variable(s) | B | SE | t | p |
| Constant | 33.582 | 1.842 | 18.233 | 0.000 | |
| Social network | 0.767 | 0.547 | 1.403 | 0.163 | |
| Unmet needs | -0.470 | 0.278 | -1.694 | 0.093 | |