Table 4.
Adjusted Results From All Models Where Care Recipients’ Emotion Recognition Significantly Predicted Caregivers’ Health and ANS Variables
| Study 1: subjective health | Study 2: subjective health | Study 2: resting heart rate | Study 2: ANS reactivity | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | β | B | SE | β | B | SE | β | B | SE | β | |
| Care recipient emotion recognition | 4.89 | 1.82 | .31** | 0.18 | 0.08 | .34* | 41.75 | 19.21 | .36* | −0.14 | 0.06 | −.43* |
| Care recipient diagnosis (AD) | −6.98 | 3.81 | −.21 | 0.24 | 0.20 | .15 | −22.88 | 48.55 | −.07 | 0.04 | 0.15 | .04 |
| Care recipient diagnosis (Motor) | −6.54 | 4.43 | −.16 | −0.29 | 0.18 | −.22 | −33.82 | 46.64 | −.11 | 0.03 | 0.13 | .03 |
| Care recipient cognitive impairment | 0.21 | 0.28 | .08 | 0.01 | 0.02 | .04 | 5.52 | 4.26 | .19 | −0.02 | 0.01 | −.21 |
| Care recipient neuropsychiatric symptom | −0.28 | 0.08 | −.40** | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Caregiving demands for iADLs | — | — | — | −0.07 | 0.07 | −.13 | 3.59 | 17.69 | .03 | −0.06 | 0.05 | −.18 |
| Social support (not from care recipient) | — | — | — | 0.29 | 0.21 | .18 | 74.93 | 51.83 | .21 | 0.01 | 0.15 | .01 |
| Caregiver comorbid health conditions | — | — | — | −0.21 | 0.11 | −.24 | −34.18 | 26.87 | −.18 | −0.14 | 0.08 | −.26 |
Note: AD = Alzheimer’s disease; ANS = autonomic nervous system; iADL = instrumental activities of daily living.
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.