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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Sci. 2017 Nov 20;383:205–210. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.11.020

Table 6.

Association Between Caregiver Burden and Perceived Embarrassment in Linear Regression Models

Variable Beta Coefficient Significance
Model 1: Perceived embarrassment as predictor for burden, correcting for other clinical correlates
Perceived Embarrassment scoreb 0.30 0.02
Hours/week providing careb 0.10 0.50
Duration of care (years)b 0.32 0.007
MoCA scorea −0.04 0.82
CDRa 0.30 0.14
Model 2: Perceived embarrassment as predictor for burden, correcting for physical and cognitive impairment
Perceived Embarrassment scoreb 0.34 0.02
Total tremor scorea −0.02 0.87
Tremor disability scorea 0.01 0.92
MoCA scorea −0.09 0.66
CDRa 0.33 0.09

CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating, MoCA = Montreal Cognitive Assessment,

a

Data on ET participant

b

Data on caregiver