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. 2010 Apr 28;57(2):180–189. doi: 10.1159/000314158

Table 3.

Direct and interactive relationships of functional limitations, informal and formal support, and depressive symptoms

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Model 5
β B SE β B SE β B SE β B SE β B SE
Intercept 1.330∗∗∗ 0.317 1.843 0.306 1.876∗∗∗ 0.311 1.897∗∗∗ 0.310 0.637 0.493
Age 0.022 0.003 0.004 −0.041 −0.006 0.004 −0.044 −0.006 0.004 −0.049 −0.007+ 0.004 0.066 0.009 0.006
Sex 0.003 0.006 0.049 0.083 0.154∗∗∗ 0.049 0.085 0.156∗∗ 0.049 0.088 0.163∗∗ 0.049 0.081 0.150∗∗ 0.049
Income 0.027 0.048 0.053 0.029 0.051 0.051 0.027 0.049 0.051 0.025 0.044 0.051 0.031 0.056 0.051
Education 0.016 0.029 0.046 0.028 0.050 0.044 0.028 0.049∗∗ 0.044 0.028 0.050 0.044 0.028 0.050 0.044
Living alone −0.202 −0.362∗∗∗ 0.055 −0.202 −0.361∗∗∗ 0.052 −0.201 −0.360∗∗∗ 0.052 −0.199 −0.356∗∗∗ 0.052 −0.200 −0.357∗∗∗ 0.052
Cog. status 0.133 0.347∗∗∗ 0.067 0.114 0.295∗∗∗ 0.064 0.113 0.295∗∗∗ 0.065 0.113 0.294∗∗∗ 0.065 0.119 0.308∗∗∗ 0.065
Chr. conds.a 0.158 0.118∗∗∗ 0.021 0.086 0.064∗∗ 0.021 0.085 0.064∗∗ 0.021 0.086 0.065∗∗ 0.021 0.080 0.060∗∗ 0.021
Medications 0.172 0.088∗∗∗ 0.015 0.114 0.058∗∗∗ 0.014 0.110 0.057∗∗∗ 0.014 0.101 0.052∗∗∗ 0.014 0.096 0.049∗∗ 0.014
Children 0.004 0.004 0.023 0.002 0.002 0.022 0.003 0.003 0.022 0.004 0.004 0.022 0.005 0.004 0.022
Relatives −0.065 −0.058 0.023 −0.048 −0.042+ 0.022 −0.047 −0.042 0.022 −0.045 −0.040 0.022 −0.044 −0.039 0.022
Friends −0.109 −0.096∗∗∗ 0.024 −0.084 −0.074∗∗ 0.023 −0.085 −0.075∗∗ 0.023 −0.086 −0.076∗∗ 0.023 −0.091 −0.080∗∗∗ 0.023
FLa 0.315 0.067∗∗∗ 0.006 0.311 0.066∗∗∗ 0.007 0.396 0.084∗∗∗ 0.009 0.400 0.085∗∗∗ 0.010
Sla 0.015 0.036 0.063 0.015 0.036 0.067 0.009 0.021 0.071
S2a 0.029 0.128 0.110 0.023 0.103 0.112 0.038 0.167 0.121
S3a 0.005 0.012 0.073 0.036 0.091 0.084 0.083 0.213 0.102
SI × FL −0.061 −0.027 0.015 −0.039 −0.017 0.016
S2 × FL −0.008 −0.010 0.029 −0.002 −0.003 0.037
S3 × FL −0.106 −0.041∗∗ 0.015 −0.107 −0.042 0.018
Age × FL −0.116 −0.016 0.009
Age × SI −0.002 −0.004 0.100
Age × S2 −0.055 −0.234 0.201
Age × S3 −0.136 −0.269 0.126
Age × SI × FL −0.011 −0.003 0.015
Age × S2 × FL 0.017 0.011 0.035
Age × S3 × FL 0.071 0.015 0.016
Overall adjusted R2 0.153 0.231 0.232 0.237 0.248
Δ adjusted R2 0.153 p = 0.000 0.079 p = 0.000 0.001 p = 0.672 0.005 p = 0.039 0.011 p = 0.005
a

Cog. status = Cognitive status; Chr. conds. = chronic conditions; FL = functional limitations; SI = informal support only; S2 = formal support only; S3 = both informal and formal support.

p < 0.10

p < 0.05

∗∗

p < 0.01

∗∗∗

p < 0.001.