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. 2022 May 23;12(5):e057817. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057817

Table 4.

Linear regression of CBI

Variables Univariate analyses Multivariate analyses
B P value SE 95% CI B P value SE 95% CI
Lower Upper Lower Upper
Age of PWDs 0.48 0.008 0.18 0.126 0.835 0.11 0.19
Gender of PWDs 0.41 0.90 3.26 −6.06 6.87
Education level of PWDs
 Primary school −10.43 0.25 9.00 −28.28 7.42
 Middle school −1.79 0.82 8.01 −17.67 14.09
 High school or above −4.60 0.49 6.63 −17.74 8.54
Type of dementia
 FTD −3.65 0.48 5.11 −13.78 6.49
 MD 2.624 0.56 4.96 −6.29 11.54
 DLB −1.65 0.77 5.55 −12.65 9.35
 VD 6.74 0.13 4.43 −2.05 15.54
Score of MoCA −0.80 0.003 0.10 −1.33 −0.27 −0.84 <0.001 0.22 −1.29 −0.40
Total score of NPI 0.30 0.005 0.06 0.09 0.50 0.16 0.05
Score of ADL 0.41 <0.001 0.11 0.20 0.63 0.14 0.13
Score of PSQI 0.33 0.60 0.001 −0.304 0.973
Age of caregivers 0.14 0.30 0.32 −0.13 0.40
Education level of caregivers
 Primary school 14.75 0.15 10.28 −5.66 35.13
 Middle school 5.75 0.55 9.69 −13.46 24.96
 High school or above 7.31 0.40 8.59 −9.71 24.34
Relationship
 Children 3.71 0.27 3.31 −2.85 10.26
 Relatives −17.71 0.07 9.74 −37.02 1059
Caregiving time for each week
 9–20 −5.00 0.65 10.94 −26.67 16.70
 21–40 −0.93 0.93 9.74 −20.24 18.39
 >40 6.89 0.48 9.80 −12.54 26.31
Caregiving years
 0.5 −17.00 0.36 18.28 −53.45 19.45
 0.5–1 −15.78 0.32 15.82 −47.15 15.59
 1–4 −12.44 0.41 15.09 −42.37 17.49
 5–9 11.86 0.46 16.04 −19.95 43.67
 >9 16.00 0.34 16.78 −17.27 49.27
PAC −1.33 0.001 0.40 −2.12 −0.54 −1.22 0.001 0.34 −1.90 −0.55
Coping strategy −0.25 0.38 0.28 −0.80 0.31
Social support −3.32 0.006 1.18 −5.667 −0.972 −3.61 <0.001 0.99 −5.58 −1.64
Community service utilisation 3.54 <0.001 0.87 1.82 5.26 3.46 <0.001 0.76 1.96 4.96

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