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Table 4 The relationship between personality trait groupings and ‘living well’ in caregivers of people with dementia

From: The associations between personality traits and quality of life, satisfaction with life, and well-being over time in people with dementia and their caregivers: findings from the IDEAL programme

Trait groupings

Unadjusted

Adjusted 1

Adjusted 2

 

Intercept

Slope

Intercept

Slope

Intercept

Slope

Neuroticism

      

Low

3.92 (3.29–4.54)

-0.12 (-0.42–0.17)

3.62 (3.00–4.24)

-0.13 (-0.43–0.17)

2.44 (1.92–2.97)

-0.13 (-0.44–0.18)

Medium

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

High

-4.68 (-5.34 – -4.01)

0.30 (-0.04–0.63)

-4.61 (-5.28 – -3.95)

0.28 (-0.06–0.62)

-2.77 (-3.34 – -2.20)

0.30 (-0.06–0.66)

Extraversion

      

Low

-0.90 (-1.61 – -0.18)

0.43 (0.13–0.74)

-1.07 (-1.70 – -0.38)

0.42 (0.10–0.73)

-0.84 (-1.39 – -0.30)

0.41 (0.09–0.73)

Medium

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

High

1.71 (1.01–2.40)

-0.00 (-0.29–0.29)

1.64 (0.96–2.32)

-0.03 (-0.32–0.27)

1.50 (0.97–2.03)

-0.06 (-0.36–0.24)

Conscientiousness

      

Low

-2.46 (-3.16 – -1.76)

0.59 (0.29–0.89)

-2.34 (-3.02 – -1.65)

0.61 (0.30–0.91)

-1.65 (-2.19 – -1.10)

0.62 (0.31–0.93)

Medium

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

High

1.31 (0.64–1.98)

0.25 (-0.03–0.54)

1.44 (0.79–2.09)

0.27 (-0.01–0.56)

1.31 (0.80–1.83)

0.28 (-0.02–0.57)

Openness

      

Low

-0.05 (-0.75–0.66)

0.35 (0.03–0.66)

-0.07 (-0.76–0.63)

0.34 (0.02–0.65)

-0.42 (-0.97–0.13)

0.33 (0.01–0.66)

Medium

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

High

0.95 (0.22–1.68)

0.04 (-0.27–0.35)

0.71 (-0.01–1.43)

0.05 (-0.27–0.36)

0.89 (0.33–1.46)

0.06 (-0.27–0.38)

Agreeableness

      

Low

-0.53 (-1.24–0.18)

0.09 (-0.21–0.39)

-0.97 (-1.69 – -0.25)

0.05 (-0.26–0.37)

-0.66 (-1.23 – -0.10)

0.05 (-0.27–0.38)

Medium

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

High

-0.13 (-0.83–0.57)

-0.05 (-0.34–0.24)

0.17 (-0.52–0.85)

-0.06 (-0.36–0.23)

0.28 (-0.26–0.82)

-0.07 (-0.37–0.23)

  1. Note: 1234 caregivers had outcome data for at least one timepoint and were included in the analysis. Adjusted Model 1 controls for caregiver status, age, sex, care recipient diagnosis, and socio-economic status. Adjusted model 2 controls for Relative Stress Scale scores in addition to the covariates in Adjusted Model 1