Table 1.

List of the associated variables.

Associated variables	Variables		Coding
Sociodemographic characteristics	Age	Continuous variable
	Gender	Categorical variable	Male=1, female=0
	Education level	Categorical variable	Illiteracy=1 Primary school=2 Middle school=3 High school or above=4
	Status of work	Categorical variable
	Relationship	Categorical variable	Spouse=1 Children=2 Relatives=3
Characteristics of disease	Type of dementia	Categorical variable	AD=1, FTD=2, MD=3, DLB=4, VD=5
	MoCA	Continuous variable
	PISQ	Continuous variable
	NPI	Continuous variable
	ADL	Continuous variable
Characteristics of caregivers	Caregiving years	Categorical variable	No caring=1 <0.5 years=2 0.5–1 year=3 1–4 years=4 5–9 years=5 More than 9 years=6
	Education
	Caring hours/week	Categorical variable	0–8 hours=1 9–20 hours=2 21–40 hours=3 More than 40 hours=4
	Depressive symptoms	Continuous variable
	Coping Style Questionnaire	Continuous variable
	PAC	Continuous variable
	Social support	Continuous variable
	Community Service Utilisation	Continuous variable	Used=1 Not used=0

AD, Alzheimer’s disease; ADL, activities of daily living; DLB, Dementia with Lewy body; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; MD, mixed dementia; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NPI, neuropsychiatric inventory; PAC, positive aspects of caregivers; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; VD, vascular dementia.