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Table 3 Patient and family caregiver characteristics associated with positive and negative caregiving experiences and self-rated burden of FC

From: Experiences of family caregivers 3-months after stroke: results of the prospective trans-regional network for stroke intervention with telemedicine registry (TRANSIT-Stroke)

Subscale

β *

95% CI for β

P value

Impact on finances

   

Patient characteristics

   

Age patient

−0.049

−0.080 to − 0.018

0.0023

Sex (Man)

−0.457

−1.249 to 0.335

0.2566

Patient 3 months

   

Barthel Index

−0.028

−0.049 to − 0.007

0.0098

Depressive Symptoms

0.123

0.060 to 0.186

0.0001

Ambulant nursing service

0.052

−1.044 to 1.148

0.9258

Caregiver characteristics

   

Age

−0.393

−0.857 to 0.071

0.0966

Sex (Man)

−0.591

−1.396 to 0.214

0.1497

Hours of care /week

0.004

−0.005 to 0.013

0.4128

R2 = 0.1618

Lack of family support

   

Patient characteristics

   

Age patient

0.043

−0.002 to 0.088

0.0592

Sex (Man)

−0.276

−1.422 to 0.871

0.6365

Patient 3 months

   

Barthel Index

−0.003

−0.034 to 0.027

0.8246

Depressive Symptoms

0.142

0.052 to 0.231

0.0020

Ambulant nursing service

0.770

−0.801 to 2.342

0.3355

Caregiver characteristics

   

Age

−0.676

−1.339 to − 0.013

0.0459

Sex (Man)

0.280

−0.891 to 1.451

0.6378

Hours of care /week

0.001

−0.012 to 0.014

0.8903

R2 = 0.0807

Impact on health

   

Patient characteristics

   

Age patient

−0.006

−0.041 to 0.030

0.7585

Sex (Man)

−0.629

−1.530 to 0.272

0.1706

Patient 3 months

   

Barthel Index

−0.026

− 0.050 to − 0.002

0.0353

Depressive Symptoms

0.1128

0.042 to 0.184

0.0019

Ambulant nursing service

0.924

−0.324 to 2.172

0.1462

Caregiver characteristics

   

Age

−0.112

− 0.638 to 0.414

0.6751

Sex (Man)

0.597

−0.328 to 1.521

0.2052

Hours of care /week

0.014

0.003 to 0.025

0.0104

R2 = 0.1915

Impact on daily schedule

   

Patient characteristics

   

Age patient

0.044

−0.001 to 0.089

0.0572

Sex (Man)

−0.969

−2.153 to 0.216

0.1086

Patient 3 months

   

Barthel Index

−0.043

− 0.074 to − 0.012

0.0068

Depressive Symptoms

0.324

0.232 to 0.415

<.0001

Ambulant nursing service

1.066

−0.526 to 2.657

0.1885

Caregiver characteristics

   

Age

−0.157

−0.845 to 0.531

0.6544

Sex (Man)

−0.102

−1.311 to 1.108

0.8689

Hours of care /week

0.028

0.015 to 0.041

<.0001

R2 = 0.4029

   

Caregivers self-esteem

   

Patient characteristics

   

Age patient

0.013

−0.047 to 0.072

0.6797

Sex (Man)

0.490

−1.058 to 2.038

0.5338

Patient 3 months

   

Barthel Index

−0.009

− 0.051 to 0.034

0.6789

Depressive Symptoms

−0.060

−0.181 to 0.062

0.3348

Ambulant nursing service

−1.479

−3.634 to 0.675

0.1776

Caregiver characteristics

   

Age

−0.248

−1.139 to 0.644

0.5848

Sex (Man)

−0.297

−1.890 to 1.296

0.7140

Hours of care /week

0.018

−0.001 to 0.036

0.0585

R2 = 0.4562

   

Self-rated burden

   

Patient characteristics

   

Age patient

0.379

0.140 to 0.618

0.0020

Sex (Man)

−3.519

−9.654 to 2.616

0.2600

Patient 3 months

   

Barthel Index

−0.369

− 0.534 to − 0.205

<.0001

Depressive Symptoms

1.261

0.780 to 1.743

<.0001

Ambulant nursing service

7.628

−0.909 to 16.164

0.0797

Caregiver characteristics

   

Age

−4.515

−8.106 to −0.924

0.0139

Sex (Man)

−1.628

−7.954 to 4.698

0.6129

Hours of care /week

0.105

0.034 to 0.176

0.0038

R2 = 0.3949

   
  1. * β: regression coefficient