. 2021 Feb 16;112:103890. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103890

Table 3.

The results of the hierarchical multiple linear regressions for the factors related to the psychological status of the caregivers of children with cerebral palsy.

	Anxiety			Depression			Stress
	b	SE	P	b	SE	P	b	SE	P
*Block 1: Demographics*
Age (y)	−0.04	0.06	0.563	−0.07	0.07	0.302	−0.08	0.05	0.106
Sex (female vs male)	−1.11	1.18	0.346	−1.45	1.28	0.258	0.05	0.93	0.959
Marital status (Married vs Single)	3.45	1.47	0.020	2.32	1.60	0.150	1.11	1.17	0.345
Education
High school vs elementary	−2.65	1.21	0.030	−2.52	1.31	0.057	−0.64	0.96	0.504
university vs elementary	−2.18	1.22	0.077	−1.63	1.33	0.221	−0.60	0.97	0.535
Occupation (unemployed vs employed)	−0.43	1.07	0.686	0.85	1.16	0.467	0.15	0.85	0.858
Income (≥ 40,000,000 R vs < 40,000,000 R)	−2.08	0.99	0.038	0.22	1.08	0.837	0.37	0.79	0.636
Caregiver Mental Illness (yes vs no)	0.78	0.82	0.345	0.24	0.90	0.790	0.43	0.65	0.509
Caregiver Physical Illness (yes vs no)	0.32	1.16	0.782	2.53	1.26	0.046	0.57	0.92	0.533
Type of CP
diplegic vs hemiplegic	−0.11	0.91	0.907	−0.27	0.99	0.785	1.49	0.72	0.042
quadriplegic vs hemiplegic	−0.16	0.82	0.848	−1.41	0.89	0.117	0.62	0.65	0.344
Child’s Other Disease (yes vs no)	0.07	0.67	0.922	0.10	0.73	0.892	−0.22	0.53	0.673
Child’s age (y)	0.07	0.08	0.431	0.04	0.09	0.641	0.04	0.07	0.582
*Model characteristics*	R² = 12.2%, F = 1.56, P = 0.104			R² = 11.1%, F = 1.40, P = 0.164			R² = 6.8%, F = 0.82, P = 0.637
*Block 2: CDS*
Burden of care	0.14	0.02	<0.001	0.17	0.02	<0.001	0.10	0.02	<0.001
*Model characteristics*	R² = 33.5%, ΔR² = 21.4%, F = 5.23, P < 0.001			R² = 36.9%, ΔR² = 25.8%, F = 6.06, P < 0.001			R² = 22.9%, ΔR² = 16.1%, F = 3.08, P < 0.001

b: regression coefficient; SE: Standard Error; CDS: Caregiver Difficulties Scale.