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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;74(2):625–636. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190922

Table 4.

Marginal effects (ME) of patient and care partner characteristics on patient and care partner accurate report of results

Patient accurate report of result Care partner accurate report of result
Unadjusted ME (95% CI) Adjusted ME (95% CI) Unadjusted ME (95% CI) Adjusted ME (95% CI)
Impairment level of patient
 MCI REF REF REF REF
 Dementia 0.05 (0.01, 0.08)* 0.02 (−0.02, 0.06) 0.05 (0.02, 0.09)* 0.02 (−0.03, 0.06)
Patient TICS-M −0.004 (−0.007, −0.003)* −0.004 (−0.007, −0.000)* −0.006 (−0.009, −0.003)*** −0.004 (−0.007, −0.001)**
Patient male −0.04 (−0.12, 0.04) −0.04 (−0.12, 0.04) 0.03 (−0.005, 0.06) −0.01 (−0.08, 0.06)
Patient Caucasian −0.07 (−0.15, 0.02) −0.07 (−0.15, 0.02) −0.07 (−0.13, 0.002) −0.05 (−0.14, 0.03)
Patient age 0.0005 (−0.003, 0.004) 0.0 (−0.003, 0.003) 0.002 (−0.0008, 0.005) 0.002 (−0.001, 0.006)
Patient Education
 High school graduate or less REF REF REF REF
 Some college −0.02 (−0.07, 0.04) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.04) −0.4 (−0.09, 0.02) −0.03 (−0.08, 0.03)
 Bachelor’s degree −0.02 (−0.08, 0.04) −0.02 (−0.08, 0.04) −0.05 (−0.07, 0.04) −0.01 (−0.07, 0.05)
 Graduate degree 0.03 (−0.03, 0.08) 0.03 (−0.03, 0.08) 0.01 (−0.04, 0.06) 0.01 (−0.04, 0.06)
Patient health literacy
 (1) Always need help REF REF REF REF
 2 −0.008 (−0.08, 0.06) −0.008 (−0.08, 0.06) −0.01 (−0.06, 0.04) −0.006 (−0.07, 0.05)
 3 −0.02 (−0.09, 0.04) −0.02 (−0.09, 0.04) −0.09 (−0.15,−0.03)** −0.08 (−0.14,−0.01)*
 4 −0.001 (−0.06, 0.06) −0.001 (−0.06, 0.06) −0.05 (−0.10,−0.001)* −0.03 (−0.08, 0.03)
 (5) Never need help −0.007 (−0.05, 0.06) −0.007 (−0.05, 0.06) −0.08 (−0.12,−0.04) −0.05 (−0.10, 0.003)
Age difference (patient minus care partner age) 0.001 (−0.001, 0.003) −0.001 (−0.004, 0.002) 0.001 (−0.001, 0.003) 0.000 (−0.003, 0.003)
Care partner TICS-M 0.001 (−0.003, 0.004) 0.001 (−0.003, 0.004) 0.003 (0.003, 0.006)* 0.002 (−0.001, 0.005)
Care partner male −0.04 (−0.12, 0.05) −0.04 (−0.12, 0.05) −0.04 (−0.08, −0.005) −0.03 (−0.12, 0.04)
Care partner Caucasian −0.02 (−0.08, 0.13) 0.04 (−0.08, 0.15) −0.06 (−0.13, 0.008) −0.04 (−0.13, 0.04)
Care partner education
 High school graduate or less REF REF REF REF
 Some college −0.03 (−0.09, 0.02) −0.03 (−0.09, 0.02) 0.03 (−0.03, 0.08) 0.008 (−0.05, 0.06)
 Bachelor’s degree 0.01 (−0.05, 0.07) 0.01 (−0.05, 0.07) 0.07(0.02, 0.13)* 0.05 (−0.005, 0.11)
 Graduate degree −0.02 (−0.07, 0.04) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.04) 0.04 (−0.02, 0.09) 0.007 (−0.05, 0.07)
Care Partner health literacy
 (1) Always need help REF REF REF REF
 2 0.05 (−0.13, 0.24) 0.05 (−0.13, 0.24) 0.18 (0.002, 0.37)* 0.15 (−0.02, 0.31)
 3 0.05 (−0.12, 0.21) 0.05 (−0.12, 0.21) 0.12 (−0.05, 0.29) 0.08 (−0.08, 0.23)
 4 0.10 (−0.05, 0.25) 0.10 (−0.05, 0.25) 0.18 (0.02, 0.33)* 0.12 (−0.02, 0.26)
 (5) Never need help 0.12 (−0.03, 0.26) 0.12 (−0.03, 0.26) 0.18 (0.03,0.33)* 0.13 (−0.01, 0.27)
Care partner’s relationship to patient
 Other REF REF REF REF
 Spouse/significant other −0.03 (−0.12, 0.05) −0.03 (−0.12, 0.05) −.007 (−.06, 0.04) 0.02 (−0.08, 0.01)
Care Partner’s CAPACITY Communication Score 0.03 (0.001, 0.05)* 0.02 (−0.004, 0.05) 0.05 (0.02, 0.07)*** 0.034 (0.01, 0.06)**
*

p < 0.05;

**

p < 0.01;

**

p < 0.001.