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Table 2 Association between social support, caregiver burden and depressive symptoms of caregivers

From: Social support and depressive symptoms among family caregivers of older people with disabilities in four provinces of urban China: the mediating role of caregiver burden

Variables

Model 1a

Model 2b

Model 3a

Model 4a

β

SE

β

SE

β

SE

β

SE

Social support

−0.399**

0.035

− 0.271**

0.037

  

−0.256**

0.031

Caregiver burden

    

0.609**

0.035

0.525**

0.034

Older people with disabilities

 Age

−0.012

0.042

−0.092*

0.043

0.048

0.037

0.036

0.035

 Gender1: Female

−0.040

0.075

−0.060

0.079

−0.002

0.067

−0.009

0.063

  Barthel index

0.020

0.044

−0.216**

0.046

0.138**

0.040

0.133**

0.038

 Cognitive function

0.124**

0.041

0.025

0.043

0.122**

0.037

0.111**

0.035

Caregiver

 Age

0.020

0.039

−0.012

0.040

0.033

0.034

0.027

0.032

 Gender2: Female

0.233**

0.075

0.124

0.078

0.162*

0.067

0.168**

0.063

 Relation to disabled people3

  Children

0.040

0.101

0.340**

0.106

−0.190*

0.090

−0.139

0.086

  Others

−0.122

0.142

0.118

0.148

−0.218

0.126

−0.184

0.119

  Hours of care per day

−0.075

0.043

0.051

0.044

−0.134**

0.038

−0.101**

0.036

  Caregiver duration

−0.053

0.036

0.061

0.038

−0.098**

0.032

−0.085**

0.031

 Self-rated health4

  Fair

−0.327**

0.096

−0.140

0.100

−0.237**

0.085

−0.253**

0.081

  Good

−0.892**

0.102

−0.676**

0.106

−0.460**

0.093

−0.537**

0.089

Adj R2

29.97%

 

23.65%

 

44.95%

 

50.89%

 
  1. 1 and 2: reference = male; 3: reference = spouse; 4: reference = poor;
  2. a: Dependent variable = depressive symptoms;
  3. b: Dependent variable = caregiver burden;
  4. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01