Table 3. Multivariate logistic regression of disease-related factors, demographics, social psychology, and family burden (n = 303)*.
Variable | Family burden | |
---|---|---|
adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | |
Number of admissions | ||
<3 | ref | |
≧3 | 2.83(1.44, 5.56) | 0.003 |
Caregiver gender | ||
Male | ref | |
Female | 2.38(1.10, 5.12) | 0.027 |
Caregiver education | ||
Primary | ref | |
Middle | 2.40(1.07, 5.40) | 0.035 |
High | 0.55(0.19, 1.57) | 0.261 |
Additional dependents | ||
No | ref | |
Yes | 2.40(1.18, 4.90) | 0.016 |
Patient function(GAF) | 0.97(0.96, 0.99) | 0.000 |
Patient age | 0.94(0.89, 0.99) | 0.036 |
Family function | 0.86(0.77, 0.96) | 0.008 |
Care network function | 1.05(1.01, 1.09) | 0.027 |
*Family history of mental illness, whether having insurance, illness duration, medication adherence, location, caregiver age, patient gender, patient marriage, caregiver marriage, patient occupation, caregiver occupation, patient education, caregiver household income, whether having co-caregivers, caregiver having physical illness, kinship with the patient, length of care, caregiving network size were not significantly associated with family burden and thus are not listed in this table