Table 3.

Multivariable Logistic Regressions Predicting Depression and Anxiety among Informal Hospice Caregivers

	Depression (PHQ-9)			Anxiety (GAD-7)
	OR	(95% CI)	p	OR	(95% CI)	P
Southeastern Site	1.14	(0.84–1.54)	0.41	1.73	(1.31–2.28)	<0.0001
Patient characteristics
Agea	0.98	(0.95–1.00)	0.05	0.99	(0.97–1.01)	0.40
Female	0.93	(0.47–1.84)	0.82	1.00	(0.54–1.84)	0.99
Residence (home/private)	1.94	(0.85–4.41)	0.11	1.13	(0.54–2.36)	0.75
Cancer	0.48	(0.26–0.89)	0.02	0.88	(0.51–1.52)	0.64
Dementia	0.74	(0.37–1.49)	0.39	0.70	(0.38–1.28)	0.24
Caregiver characteristics
Agea	0.96	(0.94–0.99)	0.007	0.97	(0.94–0.99)	0.008
Female	1.01	(0.47–2.16)	0.98	1.70	(0.83–3.47)	0.14
Relationship to patientb
Adult child	1.46	(0.57–3.75)	0.43	0.72	(0.31–1.69)	0.45
Other	0.69	(0.24–2.02)	0.50	0.43	(0.17–1.11)	0.07
Lives with parent	0.69	(0.30–1.58)	0.37	0.79	(0.37–1.67)	0.53
Married	2.24	(1.11–4.54)	0.02	1.61	(0.87–2.97)	0.12
Employed	0.77	(0.41–1.43)	0.40	0.93	(0.54–1.63)	0.80
Global healthc	0.48	(0.36–0.65)	<0.0001	0.60	(0.46–0.78)	<0.0001
Model fit statistics
N	375			371
Hosmer-Lemeshow, p	X2 = 10.23, p = 0.24			X2 = 9.10, p = 0.33
C-statistic	0.77			0.71

^aCaregiver age was centered at the mean.

^bReference = spouse or partner.

^cGlobal health item, higher values equate to better health.

OR, odds ratios; CI, confidence intervals.