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Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Apr 12;28(2):190–198. doi: 10.1002/gps.3808

Table 3.

Multivariable hierarchical linear regressions of social relationship variables as moderators of association between illness burden and depressive symptoms

	Perceived Social Support			All Social Support Subscales			All Social Support and Family Criticism Subscales
Step 1 R²	R²=.283			R²=.282			R²=.294
Step 2 ΔR²	ΔR²=.001			ΔR²=.007			ΔR²=.009
Step 1	T-value	Unβ[SE]		T-value	Unβ[SE]		T-value	Unβ[SE]
Gender	−4.96^***	−2.20	[.44]	−4 95^***	−2.17	[.44]	−5 24^***	−2.31	[.44]
Age	−2.04^*	−.07	[.03]	−1.51	−.05	[.03]	−1.09	−.04	[.03]
Race	−2.03^*	−.57	[.28]	−1.54	−.47	[.30]	−1.56	−.46	[.30]
Residence	.69	.09	[.14]	.11	.02	[.13]	.56	.08	[.14]
Education	−1.54	−.14	[.09]	−1.00	−.09	[.09]	−.15	−.01	[.09]
Cognitive Status	.69	.07	[.10]	.98	.09	[.10]	1.43	.14	[.10]
Karnofsky	5 85^***	.12	[.02]	4 56^***	.10	[.02]	4 88^***	.10	[.02]
CIRS	4.33^***	.37	[.09]	4.20^***	.35	[.08]	4 10^***	.35	[.08]
FEICS	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.42^*	.18	[.08]
Social Interaction	−3 59^***	−.49	[.14]	−2.07^*	−.29	[.14]	−1.95	−.28	[.14]
Perceived Social Support	-	-	-	−6.73^***	−.71	[.11]	−5.66^***	−.71	[.13]
Instrumental Support	-	-	-	−1.00	−.09	[.09]	−.78	−.07	[.09]
Step 2	T-value	Unβ[SE]		T-value	Unβ[SE]		T-value	Unβ[SE]
Gender	−4 95^***	−2.19	[.44]	−4 94^***	−2.16	[.44]	−5.20^***	−2.28	[.44]
Age	−1.81	−.06	[.03]	−1.35	−.04	[.03]	−.86	−.03	[.03]
Race	−2.12^*	−.60	[.28]	−1.59	−.48	[.30]	−1.58	−.47	[.30]
Residence	.70	.10	[.14]	.08	.01	[.13]	.56	.08	[.14]
Education	−1.68	−.16	[.09]	−1.10	−.10	[.09]	−.33	−.03	[.09]
Cognitive Status	.71	.07	[.10]	1.01	.10	[.10]	1.53	.15	[.10]
Karnofsky	5 55^***	.12	[.02]	4 39^***	.09	[.02]	4 69^***	.10	[.02]
CIRS	4.38^***	.37	[.09]	4 20^***	.35	[.08]	3.96^***	.34	[.09]
FEICS	-	-	-				2.33^*	.18	[.08]
Social Interaction	−3.42^**	−.47	[.14]	−1.97^*	−.27	[.14]	−1.91	−.27	[.14]
Perceived Social Support	-	-	-	−6.81^***	−.74	[.11]	−5 78^***	−.74	[.13]
Instrumental Support	-	-	-	−1.02	−.09	[.09]	−.95	−.09	[.10]
CIRS^*FEICS	-	-	-	-	-		1.38	.03	[.02]
CIRS^* Social Interaction	−2.50^*	−.11	[.04]	−2.25^*	−.10	[.05]	−2.43^*	−.11	[.05]
CIRS^*Perceived Social Support	-	-	-	1.55	.05	[.03]	1.23	.04	[.04]
CIRS^* Instrumental Support	-	-	-	−.48	−.01	[.03]	−.33	−.01	[.03]

Note: Cognitive status = MMSE; Functional Impairment = Karnofsky; Illness Burden = CIRS; Depressive Symptoms = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; Social Interaction, Perceived Social Support, and Instrumental support = Subscales of the Duke Social Support Index; Family Criticism = subscale of Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale;

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