TABLE 3—

Adjusted Prevalence Ratios of Frequent Mental Distress, Disaggregating Caregivers by Type of Care and Weekly Hours of Care Provided, Comparing Caregivers to Expectant Caregivers and Noncaregivers: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey, United States, 2015–2017

	Frequent Mental Distress Prevalence by Caregiving Exposure Groupsa
Subcategories of Care	Caregiver (n = 3087)	Expectant Caregiver (n = 2303)	Noncaregiver (n = 12 216)	Caregivers Compared With Expectant Caregivers, APR (95% CI)	Caregivers Compared With Noncaregivers, APR (95% CI)
Totalb	20.8	13.5	12.8	1.67 (1.28, 2.17)	1.50 (1.23, 1.82)
Type of care provided
Neither household nor personal	11.0	. . .	. . .	1.15 (0.64, 2.06)	1.02 (0.59, 1.77)
Household only	18.5	. . .	. . .	1.35 (0.96, 1.88)	1.20 (0.90, 1.60)
Personal only	20.6	. . .	. . .	1.97 (1.20, 3.24)	1.81 (1.13, 2.91)
Both household and personal	24.6	. . .	. . .	1.95 (1.43, 2.65)	1.76 (1.36, 2.28)
Weekly hours of care provided
≤ 8	18.6	. . .	. . .	1.53 (1.12, 2.08)	1.37 (1.06, 1.77)
9–19	24.7	. . .	. . .	2.23 (1.54, 3.22)	1.97 (1.42, 2.75)
20–39	16.2	. . .	. . .	1.31 (0.67, 2.54)	1.18 (0.64, 2.20)
≥ 40	30.9	. . .	. . .	2.25 (1.53, 3.32)	2.06 (1.46, 2.91)

Note. APR = adjusted prevalence ratio; CI = confidence interval; FMD = frequent mental distress. All models adjusted for income. Missing data for FMD among caregivers: n = 53; among expectant caregivers: n = 41, and among noncaregivers: n = 128. Missing data for type of care provided: n = 51. Missing data for weekly hours of care provided: n = 109.

^aWithin-group weighted percentage of FMD by exposure group presented. For caregivers, weighted percentage of FMD by subcategories of care also presented.

^bTotal within-group percentage of FMD by exposure group.