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Table 4 Factors that influence the awareness of caregivers and patients

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

Variables

Patient awareness

Caregiver awareness

n

Estimate

Standard

Odds

Odds Ratio

p-value

n

Estimate

Standard

Odds

Odds Ratio

p-value

Error

Ratio

[95% CI]

Error

Ratio

[95% CI]

Patient’s sex (female)

524

0.4008

0.1897

1.493

[1.029,2.165]

0.0346

524

0.4205

0.1808

1.523

[1.068,2.170]

0.02

Patient’s age

524

−0.0097

0.0128

0.99

[0.966,1.016]

0.4486

524

0.0429

0.0128

1.044

[1.018,1.070]

< 0.001

Patient’s duration of education

524

0.0119

0.017

1.012

[0.979,1.046]

0.4842

524

−0.0195

0.0165

0.981

[0.949,1.013]

0.237

MMSE

504

0.0146

0.0172

1.015

[0.981,1.050]

0.3981

504

−0.1166

0.0187

0.89

[0.858,0.923]

< 0.001

CDR-SOB

522

−0.0508

0.0299

0.95

[0.896,1.008]

0.0891

522

0.2566

0.0379

1.292

[1.200,1.392]

< 0.001

CDR (global)

522

−0.2392

0.1787

0.787

[0.555,1.118]

0.1808

522

1.3555

0.2243

3.879

[2.499,6.021]

< 0.001

Patient’s awareness (no)

      

511

−1.7293

0.2152

0.177

[0.116,0.270]

< 0.001

Caregiver’s sex (female)

524

0.1176

0.1869

1.125

[0.780,1.622]

0.5292

524

−0.036

0.1808

0.965

[0.677,1.375]

0.842

Caregiver’s age

514

−0.0172

0.0061

0.983

[0.971,0.995]

0.0045

514

−0.0136

0.0059

0.986

[0.975,0.998]

0.020

Caregiver’s duration of education

505

0.0543

0.0185

1.056

[1.018,1.095]

0.0033

505

0.0373

0.0175

1.038

[1.003,1.074]

0.032

Caregiver’s occupation (none)

512

−0.0926

0.1844

0.912

[0.635,1.309]

0.6158

512

−0.2444

0.1798

0.783

[0.551,1.114]

0.174

Marital status of caregiver (single)

521

0.5398

0.2891

1.716

[0.974,3.023]

0.0619

521

0.4911

0.3033

1.634

[0.902,2.961]

0.105

Relationship with caregiver (child)

449

0.6964

0.2052

2.006

[1.342,3.000]

0.0007

449

0.6053

0.1943

1.832

[1.252,2.681]

0.002

Cohabitation (no)

521

−0.0561

0.1876

0.945

[0.655,1.366]

0.765

521

0.0402

0.1822

1.041

[0.728,1.488]

0.826

Primary caregiver (no)

515

0.0569

0.2012

1.059

[0.714,1.570]

0.7772

515

0.064

0.1967

1.066

[0.725,1.568]

0.745

CAS

495

−0.0002

0.0001

1

[0.999,1.000]

0.1358

495

−0.0001

0.0001

1

[1.000,1.000]

0.615

ZBI

521

−0.004

0.0057

0.996

[0.985,1.007]

0.4787

521

0.0252

0.0059

1.026

[1.014,1.037]

< 0.001

Caregiver’s awareness (no)

520

−1.7397

0.2144

0.176

[0.115,0.267]

< 0.0001

      
  1. CAS Caregiver activity scale, CDR Clinical dementia rating, CDR-SOB Clinical dementia rating-sum of boxes, CI Confidence interval, MMSE Mini-mental state exam, ZBI Zarit burden interview