Subjective burden among spousal and adult-child informal caregivers of older adults: results from a longitudinal cohort study

Table 4 Linear regression analyses for spousal caregivers (N = 71), outcome overall subjective burden at follow-up

	Univariate results				Multivariate results^a
Spousal caregivers (N = 71)	b	(se)	(95% CI)	p	b	(se)	(95% CI)	p
Constant					6.531	(1.618)	(3.298; 9.764)	.000
Covariates
- Age CG	-.066	(.025)	(-.115; -.017)	.009	-.061	(.019)	(-.099; -.022)	.003
- Female CG	.118	(.352)	(-.584; .820)	.738
- Informal support available	.158	(.392)	(-.628; .941)	.688
- Institutionalized CR	1.780	(.645)	(.493; 3.067)	.007	.829	(.552)	(-.273; 1.931)	.138
- Self-rated health CG	-.709	(.195)	(-1.099; -.320)	.001	-.307	(.181)	(-.670; .055)	.095
Time investment – hours a week
- Household care tasks	-.001	(.012)	(-.025; .022)	.917
- Personal care tasks	-.002	(.019)	(-.040; .035)	.897
- Practical care tasks	-.027	(.021)	(-.069; .014)	.195
Health situation CR
- Multimorbidity	.270	(.092)	(.086; .453)	.005	.117	(.082)	(-.046; .281)	.155
- Functional limitations	.031	(.045)	(-.060; .122)	.499
- Cognitive functioning
- No problems (ref.)
- Some problems	.729	(.347)	(.038; 1.421)	.039	.420	(.281)	(-.142; .982)	.140
- Severe problems	1.519	(.857)	(-.192; 3.230)	.081	1.031	(.670)	(-.307; 2.369)	.129
Subjective burden at baseline	.632	(.115)	(.403; .861)	.000	.410	(.120)	(.170; .650)	.001
Adjusted R²					.445

Bold estimates are significant with p < .05
CG caregiver, CR care recipient, 95% CI 95% confidence interval
^aIf subjective burden at baseline is excluded from the multivariate model, significant estimates are age CG (b -.069, se .021, 95% CI -.111; -.028, p .001), institutionalized CR (b 1.151, se .587, 95% CI -.022; 2.324, p .054), and self-rated health CG (b -.592, se .174, 95% CI -.939; -.244, p .001)

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