Table 4.
Correlations between need characteristics and service utilization
|
Need characteristics as independent variable |
Use of one or more services as dependent variable |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| OR | Confidence-Inteval | Chi-square: p-value | |
|
Overextension or stress of family caregivers |
2.19 |
0.58-11.37 |
0.256 |
|
Availability of same informal care in the future |
0.29 |
0.055-0.915 |
0.034* |
|
Long waiting-time for help or support |
10.23 |
1.907-116.353 |
0.004* |
|
Feeling lonely or left alone |
0.48 |
0.087-2.20 |
0.346 |
|
Missing contact with other people or personal conversations |
3.10 |
0.77-18.09 |
0.115 |
|
Frightened of a medical emergency situation |
0.93 |
0.29-2.75 |
0.892 |
|
Feared being unable to call for help in case of emergency |
0.79 |
0.21-2.88 |
0.715 |
|
Hospital stay in the last 12 months |
0.48 |
0.11-2.88 |
0.250 |
|
Duration of hospitalization |
0.81 |
0.29-2.27 |
0.687 |
|
Occurance of pressure sore |
0.47 |
0.03-7.14 |
0.584 |
|
Health of your primary caregiver |
6.34 |
1.768-54.298 |
0.001* |
|
Gender |
0.13 |
0.01-1.22 |
0.078 |
| Age | 641.30 | 9.141-694517.9 | 0.0003* |
AIC (Akaike’s information criterion) = 66.32; Deviance = 38.32 (p = 0.0003, Chi-square).
*significant, a p-value of <0.05 was chosen as being significant.