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Table 2 Relatives’ HRQoL (EQ5D index) and burden (Negative impact scale in COPE index) and their bivariate associations with the selected variables

From: Factors associated with health-related quality of life and burden on relatives of older people with multi-morbidity: a dyadic data study

Variables

HRQoL

Burden

Relatives’ data

r

rho

p

r

rho

p

Demography

 Spouse/partner (0 = no; 1 = yes)

 

−.16

.007*

 

−.12

.042*

 Work/studying (0 = no; 1 = yes)

 

.28

<.001*

 

.01

.892

 Education level (0 = none to 4 = high/university level)

 

.18

.003*

 

.16

.009*

HRQoL (−.594 = worse than dead to 1 = full health)

   

−.182

 

.003*

Burden and strain

 Burden (7 = never to 28 = always)

−.182

 

.003*

   

 Care hours/week provided by the relative

 

−.16

.017*

 

.20

.002*

Coping

 Positive value in caring in COPE index (4 = never to 16 = always)

.042

 

.483

−.493

 

<.001**

 Anxiety in close relationships (1 = low to 7 = high)

−.190

 

.002*

.080

 

.188

 Avoidance in close relationships (1 = low to 7 = high)

−.125

 

.040*

−.024

 

.701

Sense of security and support

 Care interaction (1 = never to 6 = always)

.133

 

.038*

−.225

 

<.001**

 Mastery (1 = never to 6 = always)

.132

 

.027*

−.360

 

<.001**

 Patient situation (1 = never to 6 = always)

.127

 

.039*

−.230

 

<.001**

 Quality of support (4 = never to 16 = always)

.030

 

.62

−.395

 

<.001**

Older person’s health

 Changed behaviour (1 = never to 5 = very often)

−.215

 

<.001*

.474

 

<.001**

 Perception of future health trajectory (1 = recovered; 2 = neither good nor poor; 3 = deteriorating)

 

−.13

.024*

 

.26

<.001**

Older persons’ data

 Health

  General depression (1 = not depressed to 15 = depressed)

−.160

 

.007*

.197

 

.001**

 Sense of security and support

  Care interaction (1 = never to 6 = always)

.124

 

.038*

−.084

 

.16

  Identity (1 = never to 6 = always)

.093

 

.118

−.150

 

.012*

  Mastery (1 = never to 6 = always)

.116

 

.050*

−.183

 

.003*

  Quality of support (4 = never to 16 = always)

.162

 

.006*

−.138

 

.022*

  1. Bold figures = variables used in the stepwise regression analysis
  2. *p ≤ 0.05; ** ≤ 0.001
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