Table 2.

Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models showing factors associated with high caregiver burden

	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Characteristic	OR (95% CI)1	p	OR (95% CI)1	p
Care partner age
< 65	–		–
65–74	0.69 (0.50–0.97)	0.029	0.77 (0.48–1.25)	0.29
75–84	0.59 (0.42–0.84)	0.003	0.66 (0.40–1.08)	0.10
85 +	0.27 (0.11–0.56)	0.001	0.25 (0.09–0.66)	0.008
Care partner gender
Male	–		–
Female	2.26 (1.72–3.01)	< 0.001	2.39 (1.74–3.32)	< 0.001
Care partner race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic, White	–		–
Hispanic, White	1.21 (0.49–2.77)	0.67	1.02 (0.36–2.75)	0.97
Non-Hispanic, Black or African American	1.61 (0.63–3.93)	0.30	1.31 (0.36–4.21)	0.66
Other	0.93 (0.42–1.89)	0.85	0.99 (0.39–2.40)	0.99
Relationship to PLwCI
Spouse	–		–
Other	1.25 (0.86–1.81)	0.24	0.96 (0.55–1.66)	0.88
Level of education
High school or less	–		–
Vocational/some college	1.13 (0.74–1.75)	0.59	0.96 (0.58–1.58)	0.86
Bachelor’s degree	1.46 (0.96–2.24)	0.079	1.36 (0.84–2.23)	0.21
Graduate degree	1.31 (0.87–2.01)	0.20	1.30 (0.81–2.12)	0.29
Hours spent caregiving (per week)
< 5	–		–
6–19	4.65 (3.40–6.40)	< 0.001	4.92 (3.46–7.06)	< 0.001
20–39	7.96 (5.34–11.9)	< 0.001	7.23 (4.59–11.5)	< 0.001
40 +	10.1 (6.78–15.3)	< 0.001	9.25 (5.76–15.0)	< 0.001
PLwCI needs help with medication
No	–		–
Yes	2.67 (2.09–3.43)	< 0.001	1.13 (0.81–1.57)	0.47
PLwCI needs help with dressing
No	–		–
Yes	3.37 (2.42–4.71)	< 0.001	1.59 (1.06–2.40)	0.027
PLwCI scan result
Not Elevated	–		–
Elevated	1.34 (1.04–1.72)	0.026	1.15 (0.85–1.55)	0.36
Diagnostic category
MCI	–		–
Dementia	1.43 (1.10–1.85)	0.007	0.78 (0.56–1.08)	0.14

MCI mild cognitive impairment, PLwCI persons living with cognitive impairment

¹OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval