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. 2021 Feb 25;268(8):2961–2972. doi: 10.1007/s00415-021-10443-7

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
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