Measuring the quality of life of long-term care service users in Japan: a cross-sectional questionnaire study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Multiple regression analysis with EQ-5D score as the objective variable

		β	B	SE	t value	P value
Level of care required¹	SL1	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.43	0.67
	SL2	− 0.08	− 0.07	0.02	− 4.19	< 0.001
	CL1	Ref
	CL2	− 0.10	− 0.06	0.01	− 4.69	< 0.001
	CL3	− 0.15	− 0.10	0.01	− 7.30	< 0.001
	CL4	− 0.27	− 0.19	0.01	− 12.83	< 0.001
	CL5	− 0.29	− 0.28	0.02	− 15.29	< 0.001

Dummy variables for sex, age, and type of service, the corporation, and whether family or staff assistance was provided in the responses were entered as adjustment variables
¹ SL Support-required level, CL Care need level

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