Table 3 Bivariate and multiple models of formal and informal care
From: Informal and formal care among persons with dementia immediately before nursing home admission
Independent variables | Dependent variables | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Informal care by primary carer (N = 344) | Informal care, social network (N = 316) | Formal care (N = 356) | ||||
Regr.coeff. (95% CI / SE) | p-value | Regr.coeff. (95% CI) | p-value | Regr.coeff. (95% CI) | p-value | |
BIVARIATE MODELS | ||||||
Gender, male | 76.9 (25.6; 128.2) | 0.003 | 1.1 (−1.6; 3.9) | 0.428 | 1.4 (−6.8; 9.6) | 0.738 |
Age | −6.9 (− 10.1; −3.8) | < 0.001 | −0.1 (−0.3; 0.0) | 0.120 | 0.1 (− 0.5; 0.6) | 0.841 |
Carer gender, male | −21.5 (− 71.1; 28.2) | 0.396 | − 0.1 (− 2.7; 2.5) | 0.925 | − 0.36 (−8.20; 7.5) | 0.929 |
Carer relation | ||||||
Spouse | 302.4 (250.8; 353.9) | < 0.001 | −3.0 (− 6.1; 0.2) | 0.062 | −9.7 (− 19.3; − 0.1) | 0.047 |
Children | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Others | 41.2 (−25.7; 108.1) | 0.227 | −2.6 (−7.0; 1.7) | 0.235 | 3.7 (−8.5; 16.0) | 0.549 |
Carer in work, yes | − 155.6 (−201.6; − 109.6) | < 0.001 | 3.7 (1.1; 6.2) | 0.005 | 4.7 (−3.0; 12.4) | 0.230 |
GMHR, poor/fair | 6.1 (−42.5; 54.8) | 0.804 | −0.9 (−3.5; 1.7) | 0.480 | 8.8 (1.2; 16.4) | 0.024 |
CDR-SB | 8.5 (1.5; 15.6) | 0.017 | 0.2 (−0.2; 0.5) | 0.433 | −0.2 (−1.3; 0.9) | 0.699 |
Co-resident | 275.6 (229.8; 321.4) | < 0.001 | −1.1 (−3.9; 1.8) | 0.453 | −11.6 (−20.1; − 3.1) | 0.008 |
MULTIPLE MODELS | ||||||
Gender, male | 21.5 (26.6) | 0.419 | 1.8 (−1.1; 4.8) | 0.217 | 2.6 (−6.1; 11.2) | 0.565 |
Age | −2.0 (1.7) | 0.229 | −0.2 (−0.4; 0.03) | 0.094 | −0.1 (− 0.6; 0.5) | 0.790 |
Carer gender, male | −45.0 (− 89.0; −1.0) | 0.045 | 0.5 (− 2.2; 3.1) | 0.743 | 1.2 (−6.9; 9.19) | 0.774 |
Carer relation | ||||||
Spouse | 298.8 (74.5) | < 0.001 | −4.5 (−9.8; 0.75) | 0.093 | −1.9 (−17.6; 13.9) | 0.813 |
Children | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Others | 10.6 (35.1) | 0.763 | −1.9 (−6.3; 2.6) | 0.411 | 3.8 (−8.8; 16.5) | 0.551 |
Carer in work, yes | −29.3 (26.7) | 0.273 | 2.5 (−0.6; 5.6) | 0.110 | 1.3 (−8.0; 10.47) | 0.790 |
GMHR, poor/fair | 14.1 (−25.2; 53.5) | 0.481 | −0.9 (−3.4; 1.7) | 0.518 | 8.5 (0.8; 16.2) | 0.030 |
CDR-SB | −0.3 (−6.1; 5.5) | 0.921 | 0.2 (−0.2; 0.5) | 0.411 | 0.03 (−1.1; 1.2) | 0.964 |
Co-resident | 1077.4 (314.7) | 0.001 | 1.81 (−2.3; 5.9) | 0.383 | −10.0 (− 22.3; 2.3) | 0.110 |
Gender x Co-resident | 95.09 (52.70) | 0.072 | ||||
Age x Co-resident | −8.74 (3.34) | 0.009 | ||||
Carer relation x Co-resident | ||||||
Spouse | −321.03 (98.72) | 0.001 | ||||
1 Children | 0 | |||||
Others | 127.97 (107.31) | 0.234 | ||||
Carer in work x | −154.95 (66.30) | 0.020 | ||||
Co-resident | ||||||