Health conditions in spousal caregivers of people with dementia and their relationships with stress, caregiving experiences, and social networks: longitudinal findings from the IDEAL programme

Table 4 Health conditions as predictors of stress, positive aspects of caregiving, and social network over time

	Stress (estimate, 95% CI)	Positive aspects of caregiving (estimate, 95% CI)	Social network (estimate, 95% CI)
Unadjusted model
Intercept (Health conditions at baseline)	0.47 (0.04; 0.90)	0.40 (0.07; 0.72)	-0.14 (-0.37; 0.09)
Slope (Health conditions x time)	0.13 (-0.08; 0.34)	0.03 (-0.14; 0.20)	-0.05 (-0.17; 0.06)
Partially adjusted model one
Intercept (Health conditions at baseline)	0.33 (-0.09; 0.36)	0.21 (-0.13; 0.55)	-0.12 (-0.37; 0.13)
Slope (Health conditions x time)	0.16 (-0.05; 0.36)	0.03 (-0.15; 0.21)	-0.06 (-0.18; 0.06)
Fully adjusted model two
Intercept (Health conditions at baseline)	0.04 (-0.35; 0.43)	0.22 (-0.16; 0.59)	-0.05 (-0.32; 0.22)
Slope (Health conditions x time)	0.12 (-0.11; 0.34)	0.07 (-0.13; 0.26)	-0.09 (-0.21; 0.04)

Partially adjusted model: age, sex, education, hours of care per day, time since diagnosis. Fully adjusted model: age, sex, education, hours of care per day, time since diagnosis, neuropsychiatric symptoms, informant-rated functional ability, cognition of the person with dementia

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