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Table 3 Caregiver activity scale (CAS) and Zarit burden interview (ZBI) scores

From: Caregiving, care burden and awareness of caregivers and patients with dementia in Asian locations: a secondary analysis

 

CAS

ZBI

Variables

n

Estimate

Standard error

p-value

n

Estimate

Standard error

p-value

Patient’s sex (female)

495

− 387.0084

68.662

< 0.0001

521

−3.3414

1.448

0.021

Patient’s age

495

4.8481

4.824

0.3154

521

0.2237

0.1

0.026

Patient’s duration of education

495

4.8044

6.423

0.4548

521

0.0065

0.133

0.961

Patient’s weight

450

12.4228

3.07

< 0.0001

472

0.0583

0.07

0.407

Patient’s height

449

14.5499

3.337

< 0.0001

471

0.1289

0.077

0.097

MMSE

476

9.7593

6.475

0.1324

501

−0.455

0.13

< 0.001

CDR (sum of boxes)

493

16.0826

10.847

0.1388

519

1.7492

0.21

< 0.001

CDR (global)

493

94.7484

65.635

0.1495

519

9.9107

1.275

< 0.001

Patient’s awareness (none)

487

117.4496

71.767

0.1024

508

1.0642

1.469

0.469

Caregiver’s sex (female)

495

131.9129

70.314

0.0612

521

3.5599

1.447

0.014

Caregiver’s age

486

6.8393

2.24

0.0024

511

0.0415

0.046

0.370

Caregiver’s duration of education

484

−29.3388

6.587

< 0.0001

503

−0.0846

0.138

0.541

Caregiver’s occupation (none)

484

226.7616

69.114

0.0011

509

2.1644

1.435

0.132

Caregiver’s marital status (single)

494

66.7254

113.298

0.5562

518

−1.0485

2.326

0.652

Caregiver’s awareness (none)

494

36.5177

69.646

0.6003

517

−6.3056

1.41

< 0.001

Relationship with caregiver (child)

426

− 431.9034

75.527

< 0.0001

448

−1.6973

1.516

0.267

Cohabitation (no)

493

− 357.2101

69.206

< 0.0001

519

−5.4699

1.446

< 0.001

  1. CDR Clinical dementia rating, MMSE Mini-mental state exam