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. 2016 Nov 7;10:2279–2287. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S112750

Table 4.

Relationships between caregivers’ and patients’ scores

Patients Caregivers
WHOQoL
Copinga
Physical Psychological Social Environment Social support Problem solving Avoidance Positive thinking
WHOQoL
Physical
 Sample −0.165 0.074 0.093 0.203 0.361* 0.209 −0.058 0.101
 Bootstrap bias 0.001 −0.007 −0.004 0.000 −0.014 −0.005 0.007 −0.002
 95% CI (−0.444, 0.142) (−0.245, 0.368) (−0.185, 0.342) (−0.119, 0.474) (0.067, 0.588) (−0.084, 0.487) (−0.327, 0.248) (−0.206, 0.397)
Psychological
 Sample −0.123 0.054 0.135 0.096 0.278 0.258 0.054 0.109
 Bootstrap bias 0.004 0.002 −0.003 −0.008 0.002 −0.007 −0.006 −0.006
 95% CI (−0.411, 0.207) (−0.257, 0.357) (−0.177, 0.430) (−0.237, 0.381) (−0.082, 0.608) (−0.035, 0.524) (−0.274, 0.354) (−0.203, 0.419)
Social
 Sample 0.143 0.190 0.371* 0.242 0.204 0.023 −0.109 0.321*
 Bootstrap bias −0.020 −0.005 −0.007 −0.003 −0.010 −0.004 0.004 −0.008
 95% CI (−0.230, 0.424) (−0.163, 0.509) (0.048, 0.624) (−0.065, 0.524) (−0.128, 0.491) (−0.290, 0.329) (−0.416, 0.232) (0.004, 0.571)
Environment
 Sample 0.163 0.325* 0.284 0.438** 0.235 0.348* 0.152 0.282
 Bootstrap bias −0.001 −0.009 −0.005 −0.004 −0.013 0.001 −0.001 0.000
 95% CI (−0.155, 0.478) (0.007, 0.580) (−0.056, 0.598) (0.147, 0.677) (−0.099, 0.532) (0.052, 0.597) (−0.142, 0.431) (−0.025, 0.550)
Copinga
Social support
 Sample 0.437** 0.116 0.045 0.054 0.070 0.162 0.019 0.272
 Bootstrap bias −0.009 0.000 −0.003 0.008 −0.005 −0.009 −0.002 0.001
 95% CI (0.167, 0.672) (−0.220, 0.475) (−0.295, 0.373) (−0.282, 0.386) (−0.246, 0.378) (−0.138, 0.476) (−0.320, 0.338) (−0.077, 0.564)
Problem solving
 Sample −0.007 −0.123 −0.092 −0.054 0.358* 0.175 0.248 −0.066
 Bootstrap bias 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.007 −0.004 −0.006 −0.001 0.000
 95% CI (−0.297, 0.309) (−0.415, 0.191) (−0.404, 0.226) (−0.377, 0.293) (0.006, 0.628) (−0.164, 0.473) (−0.074, 0.524) (−0.399, 0.273)
Avoidance
 Sample 0.057 −0.017 −0.182 −0.082 0.094 0.231 0.184 0.188
 Bootstrap bias 0.000 0.000 −0.002 −0.009 0.011 0.014 −0.002 −0.004
 95% CI (−0.240, 0.361) (−0.332, 0.295) (−0.439, 0.115) (−0.377, 0.194) (−0.198, 0.390) (−0.092, 0.512) (−0.095, 0.463) (−0.165, 0.473)
Positive thinking
 Sample −0.158 −0.144 0.025 0.193 0.271 0.163 0.400** 0.046
 Bootstrap bias 0.002 0.007 0.011 −0.001 −0.007 0.002 −0.003 −0.001
 95% CI (−0.455, 0.152) (−0.434, 0.182) (−0.259, 0.322) (−0.144, 0.495) (−0.067, 0.556) (−0.185, 0.470) (0.073, 0.688) (−0.243, 0.357)

Notes:

a

Coping strategies from the BriefCope questionnaire.

*

P<0.05,

**

P<0.01.

Abbreviations: WHOQoL, World Health Organization Quality of Life; CI, confidence interval; BriefCope, Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Scale.