Table 2 The relationship between a patient’s characteristics and caregiver burden
Multivariate Analysis | Univariate Analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
95 % CI | 95 % CI | |||||
β coefficient | Upper | Lower | β coefficient | Upper | Lower | |
Frail (FFS ≥ 3) | 8.98 | 2.15 | 15.82 | 6.80 | 0.77 | 12.83 |
Age (years) | −0.09 | −0.71 | 0.53 | 0.04 | −0.56 | 0.65 |
Gender (female) | −4.86 | −11.55 | 1.83 | −1.97 | −8.20 | 4.25 |
Clinical diagnosis of dementia (yes) | −1.35 | −7.72 | 5.03 | −2.15 | −8.41 | 4.11 |
Katz Index (ADL) score | −0.27 | −2.94 | 2.39 | −0.30 | −3.00 | 2.40 |