Table 5.
Predictors of Primary Subjective Stressors for Spousal Caregivers
| Predictors | Emotional difficulties | Role overload | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B (SE) | β | 95% CI | B (SE) | β | 95% CI | |
| Background characteristics | ||||||
| CG gender (female) | 0.52 (0.19)** | 0.16 | 0.14, 0.91 | 0.29 (0.07)*** | 0.24 | 0.16, 0.43 |
| CG age | −0.01 (0.01) | −0.07 | −0.04, 0.02 | −0.002 (0.01) | −0.03 | −0.01, 0.01 |
| CG educational attainment | 0.14 (0.05)** | 0.17 | 0.04, 0.23 | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.09 | −0.01, 0.06 |
| CG employment status | 0.16 (0.25) | 0.04 | −0.35, 0.66 | 0.08 (0.09) | 0.05 | −0.10, 0.26 |
| CG chronic conditions | 0.18 (0.06)** | 0.16 | 0.06, 0.31 | 0.02 (0.02) | 0.05 | −0.03, 0.06 |
| Primary objective stressors | ||||||
| CR chronic conditions | 0.09 (0.05) | 0.08 | −0.02, 0.19 | 0.04 (0.02)* | 0.09 | 0.001, 0.08 |
| CR dementia status | 0.74 (0.26)** | 0.15 | 0.23, 1.26 | 0.10 (0.10) | 0.06 | −0.10, 0.30 |
| CG ADL assistance | 0.10 (0.06) | 0.11 | −0.02, 0.23 | 0.05 (0.02)* | 0.14 | 0.01, 0.09 |
| CG IADL assistance | −0.04 (0.08) | −0.03 | −0.19, 0.12 | −0.03 (0.03) | −0.06 | −0.08, 0.03 |
| CG health system tasks | 0.19 (0.05)*** | 0.19 | 0.09, 0.29 | 0.07 (0.02)*** | 0.19 | 0.03, 0.11 |
| CG medical/nursing tasks | 0.002 (0.04) | 0.002 | −0.08, 0.09 | 0.05 (0.02)** | 0.16 | 0.01, 0.09 |
| Total R2 | .22 | .26 | ||||
Note. ADL = activities of daily living; CG = caregiver; CI = confidence interval; CR = care recipient; IADL = independent activities of daily living; SE = standard error. Estimates are from Step 1 of each model. Step 2 (not shown in table) included gender interactions with each primary objective stressor. There were no significant gender interactions in Step 2. N = 367 spousal caregivers.
*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .01. ***p ≤ .001.