Table 4.
Associations Between Spousal Caregivers’ MCCs and Caregiving Outcomes
| Emotional difficulties | Physical difficulties | Caregiving gains | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | B | SE | B | SE | B | SE |
| Step 1 | ||||||
| CG Gender (female) | .59** | .21 | .37 | .29 | −.02 | .06 |
| CG Age in years | −.02 | .01 | −.01 | .01 | .000 | .003 |
| CG Educational attainment | .16*** | .04 | .16* | .07 | −.05*** | .01 |
| CG ADL/IADL assistance | .02 | .04 | .05 | .06 | −.01 | .01 |
| CG Medical care activities | .08** | .03 | .11** | .04 | .02* | .01 |
| CG Informal support | −.08 | .07 | −.03 | .11 | .11*** | .03 |
| CG Paid help | .08 | .18 | −.01 | .20 | .07 | .06 |
| CR Chronic conditions | .10* | .05 | .11 | .07 | −.004 | .02 |
| CR Dementia status | .54*** | .16 | .34 | .26 | −.08 | .07 |
| CG Concordant MCCs | .18 | .26 | −.40 | .46 | −.12 | .12 |
| CG Discordant MCCs | −.08 | .20 | .19 | .32 | −.17** | .06 |
| CG Concordant + discordant MCCs | .49** | .19 | .68* | .32 | −.06 | .07 |
| N-adjusted BIC | 1031.72 | 905.14 | 11990.13 | |||
| Step 2 | ||||||
| CG Concordant MCCs × Gender | .06 | .14 | .22 | .24 | .03 | .05 |
| CG Discordant MCCs × Gender | .05 | .15 | .36* | .16 | .01 | .04 |
| CG Concordant + discordant MCCs × gender | .11 | .12 | .13 | .13 | −.03 | .03 |
| N-adjusted BIC | 1038.65 | 906.38 | 16332.60 | |||
Note. BIC = Bayesian information criterion; CG = caregiver; CR = care recipient; ADL = activities of daily living; IADL = instrumental activities of daily living; MCCs = multiple chronic conditions; SE = standard error. N = 359 spousal caregivers.
*p ≤ .05. **p ≤ .01. ***p ≤ .001.