Family caregiver’s concerns and anxiety about unaccompanied out-of-home activities of persons with cognitive impairment

Table 4 Final model for caregiver’s very anxious state about individual’s unaccompanied out-of-home activities

		OR	95% CI		p
		OR	Lower	Upper	p
Individuals with cognitive impairment
Dementia diagnosis	Diagnosed	1.35	0.98	1.87	0.069
Certified for LTC	Certified	3.39	2.43	4.72	< 0.001
BPSD (ref: minimal)	Minor	1.43	1.05	1.95	0.021
Seek help when needed	Yes	1.34	0.98	1.83	0.069
Have friends living with dementia	Yes	1.68	1.04	2.69	0.033
Have friends without dementia	Yes	0.77	0.56	1.07	0.125
Engage in out-of-home activities alone	Yes	0.31	0.23	0.43	< 0.001
Family caregivers
Perceived health conditions	Good	0.60	0.43	0.83	0.002
Live with the individual	Yes	1.23	0.90	1.68	0.200

CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; BPSD, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; LTC, Long-Term Care
Multivariable logistic regression analysis was executed with selected explanatory variables whose p-values were less than 0.20 in each bivariable analysis with all explanatory variables in Table 1. The final model was computed by downward stepwise procedures based on the threshold p-value of exclusion set at 0.20.

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