Table 4. Models Assessing ET Patients and COs’ Depressive Symptoms.
Wald Statistic (1 df) | Odds Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval | p | |
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Model 1: ET patient psychological suffering predicting depression | ||||
Self-reported psychological suffering | 5.52* | 1.42 | (1.06, 1.91) | 0.02 |
Tremor duration | 0.01 | 1.00 | (0.95, 1.06) | 0.93 |
Tremor disability score | 3.39 | 1.41 | (0.98, 2.04) | 0.07 |
Total tremor score | 2.41 | 0.81 | (0.61, 1.06) | 0.12 |
Constant | 3.84 | 0.00 | 0.05 | |
Model 2: ET patient overall suffering predicting depression | ||||
Self-reported overall suffering | 1.56 | 1.28 | (0.86,1.90) | 0.21 |
Tremor duration | 0.36 | 1.01 | (0.97, 1.06) | 0.55 |
Tremor disability score | 2.92 | 1.30 | (0.96, 1.74) | 0.09 |
Total tremor score | 0.69 | 0.91 | (0.74, 1.13) | 0.41 |
Constant | 3.83** | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
Model 3: CO perceived psychological suffering predicting depression | ||||
Perceived psychological suffering | 8.96** | 1.26 | (1.08, 1.47) | 0.00 |
Tremor duration | 0.43 | 0.96 | (0.96, 1.08) | 0.51 |
Tremor disability score | 0.47 | 0.69 | (0.69, 1.19) | 0.49 |
Total tremor score | 4.92* | 0.49 | (0.49, 0.96) | 0.03 |
Constant | 2.41 | 25.71 | 0.12 | |
Model 4: CO perceived overall suffering predicting depression | ||||
Perceived overall suffering | 7.89** | 2.62 | (1.34, 5.13) | 0.005 |
Tremor duration | 1.16 | 1.03 | (0.98, 1.09) | 0.28 |
Tremor disability score | 0.92 | 0.88 | (0.68, 1.14) | 0.34 |
Total tremor score | 6.21* | 0.65 | (0.46, 0.91) | 0.01 |
Constant | 4.00* | 0.05 |
Abbreviations: CO, Close Others; df, Degrees of Freedom; ET, Essential Tremor.
p<0.01;
p<0.05.