Table 6.

Correlates of burden among the studied participants at Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, 2017

Variables	Regression coefficient	t value	p value	95 % CI
Age of the caregiver	− 0.079	− 1.958	0.051	− 0.158–0.000
Caregiver gender (female)	− 3.638	− 2.772	0.006	− 6.218 to − 1.058
Caregiver marital status (single)	0.205	0.156	0.876	− 2.375–2.784
Caregiver occupation (does not work/housewife)	1.809	1.347	0.179	− 0.830–4.448
Caregiver residence (rural)	− 0.282	− 0.261	0.794	− 2.411–1.847
Caregiver education (illiterate/read and write)	1.864	2.013	0.045a	0.043–3.685
Caregiver relation (parents)	1.419	1.157	0.248	− 0.992–3.830
Age of patient	− 0.136	− 3.003	0.003a	− 0.225 to − 0.047
Patient gender (female)	1.263	1.641	0.102	− 0.250–2.776
Patient marital status (Single)	− 1.087	− 1.260	0.208	− 2.782–0.609
Patient income (no constant income)	− 0.911	− 1.010	0.313	− 2.686–0.863
Aggressive behavior (yes)	0.301	0.339	0.734	− 1.444–2.047
Suicide (yes)	0.770	0.723	0.470	− 1.325–2.865
Care first sought (traditional healer or non-psychiatrist)	2.378	2.383	0.018a	0.416–4.341
Inpatient admission (yes)	0.382	0.494	0.622	− 1.137–1.900
Duration of current illness	0.104	1.801	0.072	− 0.010–0.217
Diagnosis of mental illness (schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders)	0.272	0.368	0.713	− 1.183–1.727
ATMI Scale	− 0.221	− 2.315	0.021a	− 0.408 to − 0.033
Affiliate stigma (CPMI-Stigma Scale)	0.467	6.894	< 0.001a	0.334–0.601
Associate stigma (EMIC-Stigma Scale)	0.409	4.437	< 0.001a	0.228–0.590

Adjusted linear regression model; F = 18.099, p < 0.001, adjusted R² = 0.446

Reference groups: males, ever married, work, urban, educated at least primary education, other than parents, constant income, no injury, no suicide, psychiatrist, not inpatient admitted, other than schizophrenia

^aSignificant variable