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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Palliat Care. 2018 Mar 7;33(2):100–108. doi: 10.1177/0825859718758120

Table 3.

Results of a Ordinal Logistic Regression Predicting Care Recipient Depression Score by Caregiver Burden, Exchange Measures, Race, and Covariates (N= 1279)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4

OR [95%CI] OR [95%CI] OR [95%CI] OR [95%CI]
Subjective Caregiver Burden Score 1.00 [.95, 1.06] 1.00 [.95, 1.06] 1.00 [.95, 1.06] 1.00 [.95, 1.06]
Objective Caregiver Burden Score 1.09* [1.06, 1.12] 1.09* [1.06, 1.12] 1.09* [1.05, 1.12] 1.09* [1.05, 1.12]
Age of Care Recipient .99 [.97, 1.01] .99 [.97, 1.01] .99 [.97, 1.01] .99 [.97, 1.01]
Sex of Care Recipient [Male = reference]
 Female 1.42* [1.01, 2.00] 1.42* [1.01, 2.00] 1.41* [1.00, 1.98] 1.42* [1.01, 2.00]
Race of the Care Recipient [Non-Black = reference]
  Black .73 [.46, 1.18] .85 [.37, 1.91] 2.49 [.87, 7.09] 2.30 [.63, 8.35]
Education of Care Recipient .94* [.90, .98] .94* [.90, .98] .94* [.90, .98] .94* [.90, .98]
Number of Care Recipient ADLs 1.07 [.98, 1.17] 1.07 [.98, 1.18] 1.07 [.98, 1.17] 1.07 [.98, 1.18]
Number of Care Recipient IADLs .98 [.91, 1.05] .98 [.91, 1.05] .98 [.91, 1.05] .98 [.91, 1.05]
Care Recipient Self-Rated Health Score .77* [.65, .91] .77* [.65, .91] .77* [.65, .91] .77* [.65, .91]
Sex of Caregiver [Male = reference]
 Female .92 [.68, 1.25] .92 [.68, 1.25] .91 [.67, 1.24] .91 [.67, 1.24]
Education of Caregiver 1.00 [.96, 1.05] 1.00 [.96, 1.05] 1.01 [.96, 1.05] 1.01 [.96, 1.05]
Relationship of Caregiver to Care Recipient [Spouse = reference]
 Son/Daughter 1.03 [.72, 1.47] 1.03 [.72, 1.47] 1.04 [.73, 1.49] 1.03 [.72. 1.48]
 Brother/Sister .93 [.45, 1.93] .93 [.45, 1.94] .91 [.44, 1.91] .90 [.43, 1.89]
 All Other Relationships .86 [.52, 1.42] .86 [.52, 1.43] .87 [.52, 1.44] .88 [.53, 1.46]
Physical Exchange Good [no = reference]
 Yes 1.20 [.86, 1.66] 1.22 [.87, 1.72] 1.20 [.86, 1.66] 1.20 [.87. 1.67]
Social Exchange Good [no = reference]
 Yes 1.65* [1.03, 2.63] 1.64* [1.03, 2.62] 1.86* [1.14, 3.03] 1.69* [1.05, 2.71]
Psychological Exchange Good [no = reference]
 Yes .68 [.41, 1.12] .68 [.41, 1.11] .68 [.42, 1.13] 0.73 [.44, 1.22]
Black × Physical Exchange Good .81 [.30, 2.17]
Black × Social Exchange Good .23* [.07, .75]
Black × Psychological Exchange Good .28 [.07, 1.11]
Pseudo R2 .100 .100 .104 .102

Note. Subjective burden scale ranges from 0 to 12; Objective burden scale ranges from 0 to 45. Bolded estimate denotes unique variable to the model.

*

p<.05 level [2-tailed].