Table 4.

Effect of Baseline Closeness and Closeness Change on Trajectory of SF-12 Mental Health Component: Results of the Final Model

Model Term	Estimate	SE	T-Statistic	p-value
Model 1: Effect of Baseline Closeness
Intercept	50.20	2.98	16.83	<0.01*
Time	1.53	1.32	1.16	0.25
Baseline Closeness	0.42	0.13	3.24	<0.01*
Time*Baseline Closeness	−0.16	0.07	−2.40	0.02*
Female Adult offspring	−3.80	1.39	−2.73	0.01*
Female Spouse	−0.97	1.40	−0.69	0.49
Male Adult offspring	−3.56	1.93	−1.84	0.07
Male Spouse	0.00	.	.	.
Number of Health Conditions	−1.90	0.31	−6.10	<0.01*
Time* Number of Health Conditions	0.67	0.18	3.76	<0.01*
Time* Behavioral Symptoms of Care Recipient (NPI)	−0.16	0.03	−4.59	<0.01*
Model 2: Effect of Closeness Change
Intercept	58.86	1.39	42.45	<0.01*
Time	−1.68	0.46	−3.67	<0.01*
Closeness Change	0.18	0.17	1.05	0.29
Time * Closeness Change	−0.25	0.10	−2.50	0.01*
Female Adult offspring	−4.17	1.42	−2.95	<0.01*
Female Spouse	−1.33	1.42	−0.94	0.35
Male Adult offspring	−3.56	1.97	−1.80	0.07
Male Spouse	0.00	.	.	.
Number of Health Conditions	−2.01	0.32	−6.30	<0.01*
Time* Number of Health Conditions	0.69	0.19	3.74	<0.01*
Time* Behavioral Symptoms of Care Recipient (NPI)	−0.18	0.03	−5.21	<0.01*

^*indicates statistical significance at a level of p < 0.05.