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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: Dementia (London). 2012 Jul 9;11(4):521–541. doi: 10.1177/1471301211421085

Table 6.

Multivariate stepwise linear regression of variables of interest.

Variable B (95%CI) Beta t p
Patient-rated QOL-AD at clinic day (n=89) Adjusted r2=0.33.
CES-D −0.299 (−0.419 to −0.180) −0.453 −4.97 <0.001
IADL 0.316 (0.099 to 0.533) 0.264 2.90 0.005

Caregiver-rated Patient QOL-AD at clinic day (n=71) Adjusted r2=0.49.
ZB −0.265 (−0.426 to −0.103) −0.360 −3.26 0.002
IADL 0.298 (0.082 to 0.514) 0.255 2.75 0.008
NPIS −0.306 (−0.549 to −0.063) −0.278 −2.52 0.014

Patient-rated QOL-AD at one year (n=23) Adjusted r2=0.54.
CES-D −0.380 (−0.656 to −0.104) −0.478 −2.87 0.009
QOLPT-CD 0.470 (0.058 to 0.882) 0.396 2.38 0.027

Caregiver-rated Patient QOL-AD at one year (n=27) Adjusted r2=0.52.
ZB −0.486 (−0.672 to −0.300) −0.732 −5.38 <0.001

Note. CES-D = Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale; IADL = Instruments of Daily Living, Self-rated version; ZB, = Zarit Burden Scale; QOLPT-CD = Quality of Life-Patient at clinic day.