Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with having psychological distress among the study caregivers.

	Having psychological distress OR	[95% confidence interval]
Gender
Men	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Women	1.24	[0.79, 1.98]
Caregiver age
<45	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
⩾45	1.27	[0.76, 2.13]
Educational level
Primary school	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Secondary school and higher	2.19**	[1.33, 3.59]
Occupation
Unemployed	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Employed	1.14	[0.55, 2.36]
Relationship to patient
Spouse	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Children	1.03	[0.55, 1.93]
Others	0.64	[0.37, 1.13]
Type of support
Finance and care	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Finance or care	0.71	[0.44, 1.14]
Others	0.47*	[0.23, 0.94]
Financial difficulty
Yes	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
No	0.88	[0.50, 1.55]
Social support
Low support	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
Moderate support	1.30	[0.81, 2.09]
High support	1.45	[0.28, 7.39]
Treatment belief
Yes	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
No	0.31	[0.09, 1.06]
Knowledge
Yes	1.00	[1.00, 1.00]
No	1.38	[0.87, 2.20]
N	704

Coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets.

^*p < 0.05. **p < 0.01.