Table 3.
Significant neuropsychiatric and demographic contributors to domains of caregiver burden
Outcome | Predictors | Standardized β coefficient | p value | β coefficient | 95% CI | Adjusted R2 |
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CBI total score | Agitation severity | 0.180 | < 0.001 | 3.893 | 2.0, 5.786 | 0.399 |
Anxiety severity | 0.170 | < 0.001 | 3.472 | 1.793, 5.151 | ||
Apathy severity | 0.168 | < 0.001 | 2.875 | 1.405, 4.345 | ||
Nighttime behaviors severity | 0.118 | 0.005 | 1.957 | 0.581, 3.333 | ||
Hallucinations severity | 0.109 | 0.025 | 2.531 | 0.318, 4.744 | ||
Depression severity | 0.086 | 0.049 | 1.568 | 0.007, 3.129 | ||
Time dependency | Anxiety severity | 0.224 | < 0.001 | 1.407 | 0.886, 1.928 | 0.385 |
Hallucinations severity | 0.172 | < 0.001 | 1.228 | 0.540, 1.916 | ||
Female sex | − 0.133 | 0.001 | − 1.642 | − 2.591, − 0.693 | ||
Apathy severity | 0.124 | 0.005 | 0.650 | 0.194, 1.106 | ||
Duration of caregiving | 0.114 | 0.004 | 0.110 | 0.035, 0.185 | ||
Nighttime behaviors severity | 0.098 | 0.022 | 0.500 | 0.073, 0.927 | ||
Age | 0.088 | 0.027 | 0.046 | 0.005, 0.087 | ||
Development | Apathy severity | 0.217 | < 0.001 | 1.120 | 0.660, 1.580 | 0.357 |
Anxiety severity | 0.169 | < 0.001 | 1.047 | 0.522, 1.572 | ||
Nighttime behaviors severity | 0.145 | 0.001 | 0.730 | 0.300, 1.160 | ||
Agitation severity | 0.123 | 0.008 | 0.802 | 0.208, 1.396 | ||
Hallucinations severity | 0.101 | 0.044 | 0.711 | 0.019, 1.403 | ||
Physical | Nighttime behaviors severity | 0.147 | 0.002 | 0.507 | 0.194, 0.820 | 0.275 |
Anxiety severity | 0.133 | 0.004 | 0.564 | 0.181, 0.947 | ||
Depression severity | 0.131 | 0.006 | 0.497 | 0.141, 0.853 | ||
Apathy severity | 0.112 | 0.021 | 0.396 | 0.062, 0.730 | ||
Agitation severity | 0.096 | 0.05 | 0.432 | 0.002, 0.862 | ||
Emotional | Disinhibition severity | 0.218 | < 0.001 | 1.201 | 0.641, 1.761 | 0.210 |
Agitation severity | 0.199 | < 0.001 | 0.873 | 0.431, 1.315 | ||
Female sex | 0.104 | 0.019 | 0.854 | 0.141, 1.567 | ||
Social | Agitation severity | 0.253 | < 0.001 | 1.205 | 0.727, 1.683 | 0.212 |
Age | − 0.193 | < 0.001 | − 0.072 | − 0.105, − 0.039 | ||
Apathy severity | 0.103 | 0.04 | 0.389 | 0.018, 0.760 |
Six individual regression models were run, one for each respective CBI component, each containing all NPI severity items, age, sex, and caregiving duration. Full model shown in supplementary material