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

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Multiple regression analysis with WHO-5 score as the objective variable

		β	B	SE	t value	P value
Level of care required¹	SL1	0.02	0.39	0.46	0.84	0.40
	SL2	− 0.03	− 0.59	0.40	− 1.47	0.14
	CL1	Ref
	CL2	− 0.04	− 0.60	0.31	− 1.96	0.05
	CL3	− 0.02	− 0.29	0.34	− 0.84	0.40
	CL4	− 0.06	− 097	0.38	− 2.52	0.01
	CL5	− 0.06	− 1.45	0.47	− 3.11	< 0.001

Dummy variables for sex, age, service type, 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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