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. 2014 May 1;14:58. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-58

Table 3.

Regression/logistic regression analyses with baseline scores, Control Variables and the Intervention as Predictors

Outcome Variables
Independent variables
  T0 Gender Age Co-residence Employment Partner Education Income Duration WICM
Perceived health
Perceived health (0–100)
0.673***
0.134#
−0.73
0.190#
−0.102
0.059
−0.112
0.061
−0.036
0.079
Perceived change in health (0–100)
0.148#
0.226*
−0.092
0.396**
0.181#
0.008
−0.005
0.084
0.216**
−0.043
Subjective burden
CarerQoL sum score (0–100)
0.571***
0.219*
0.144
0.261*
−0.053
−0.090
0.135#
−0.003
−0.042
0.132#
CarerQoL-VAS (0–10)
0.562***
0.013
0.108
0.216#
0.034
0.052
0.012
−0.066
0.045
0.096
Process Utility (PU) (−10-10)
0.605***
−0.067
−0.034
−0.135
−0.069
0.018
−0.031
−0.076
0.222*
0.041
Self-Rated Burden (SRB) Scale (0–10)
0.373***
0.288**
0.151
0.069
0.118
0.119
0.021
0.059
0.017
0.052
Objective burden
Caregivers performing household tasks (log)
8.795***
3.345
1.088
0.157
1.311
0.129
1.313
0.200*
1.000
3.590*
Caregivers performing personal care tasks (log)
10.357***
2.458
1.023
5.829*
1.493
1.045
2.164
0.654
1.000
0.666
Caregivers performing instrumental care tasks (log)
12.825***
4.785*
0.964
1.433
0.444
2.560
0.782
2.133
1.003
1.281
Additional informal caregivers (log)
9.929***
1.040
1.171
0.157*
1.608
0.379
2.314#
0.980
0.998
1.171
Hours spent on household tasks
0.457***
0.009
0.064
0.278*
−0.026
0.166*
0.058
−0.060
0.192**
0.020
Hours spent on personal care tasks
0.569***
0.007
0.049
0.188
−0.006
0.050
0.007
0.004
−0.022
0.009
Hours spent on instrumental care tasks
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total hours spent
0.577***
0.032
0.132
0.146
−0.003
−0.101
0.033
−0.024
0.137*
0.071
Total hours spent + other caregivers
0.585***
0.041
0.108
0.166
0.042
−0.084
0.087
−0.042
−0.118
0.107
Quality of life
Quality of life (0–100)
0.361***
0.161#
−0.041
0.421**
−0.096
0.106
−0.034
0.056
−0.013
−0.046
Change in quality of life (0–100)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rating of quality of life (0–100) 0.318*** 0.097 0.136 0.320* −0.010 0.037 −0.007 0.155# −0.001 0.059

#p < 0.10; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p = 0.000 (significant coefficients/Exp(B) shown in bold ); (log) = logistic regression analyses; WICM = Walcheren Integrated Care Model.

Note: Positive Beta values signify better scores for all outcomes with a 0–10 or 0–100 range, except for the outcome Self-Rated Burden (SRB); for SRB, positive Beta values signify increased experienced burden.