Table 4 Factors associated with quality of life of caregivers(n = 309)
From: Factors associated with the quality of life of family caregivers for leukemia patients in China
Physical | Psychological | Social | Environment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted β | t | p | Adjusted β | t | p | Adjusted β | t | p | Adjusted β | t | p | |
Family Caregivers | ||||||||||||
Older age (vs. ≤ 40 years) | -0.18 | -3.19 | 0.002 | -0.06 | -1.22 | 0.225 | ||||||
Relationship to patient(vs.others) | ||||||||||||
Spouse | -0.19 | -1.80 | 0.073 | -0.10 | -1.02 | 0.310 | -0.04 | -0.35 | 0.724 | -0.08 | -0.84 | 0.403 |
Parent | -0.19 | -1.70 | 0.090 | -0.06 | -0.63 | 0.531 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.781 | 0.09 | 0.82 | 0.416 |
Child | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.891 | 0.12 | 1.56 | 0.119 | 0.09 | 1.19 | 0.235 | 0.00 | -0.05 | 0.963 |
Level of education(vs. ≤ primary school) | ||||||||||||
Middle or high school | 0.19 | 2.67 | 0.008 | |||||||||
University | 0.15 | 1.91 | 0.057 | |||||||||
Religious belief(vs. no belief) | 0.13 | 2.68 | 0.008 | 0.16 | 3.59 | 0.000 | 0.13 | 3.02 | 0.003 | 0.09 | 2.03 | 0.043 |
Married (vs.others) | 0.07 | 1.64 | 0.101 | |||||||||
Duration of caregiving (months) | 0.07 | 1.65 | 0.100 | |||||||||
13-24 hours spent caregiving per day (vs.0-12 hours) | 0.03 | 0.63 | 0.528 | 0.03 | 0.64 | 0.522 | -0.05 | -0.99 | 0.323 | |||
Annual household income (vs. ≤40,000 Yuan) | ||||||||||||
39,999-79,999 | 0.05 | 0.91 | 0.364 | 0.07 | 1.51 | 0.131 | ||||||
≥80,000 | 0.09 | 1.77 | 0.077 | 0.03 | 0.71 | 0.481 | ||||||
Anxiety (vs.normal) | ||||||||||||
Mild | -0.19 | -2.13 | 0.034 | -0.16 | -1.93 | 0.055 | -0.12 | -1.35 | 0.178 | |||
Moderate | -0.26 | -2.78 | 0.006 | -0.27 | -3.13 | 0.002 | -0.22 | -2.54 | 0.012 | |||
Severe | -0.15 | -2.44 | 0.015 | -0.13 | -2.33 | 0.021 | -0.17 | -2.97 | 0.003 | |||
Depression(vs.normal) | ||||||||||||
Mild | -0.15 | -2.88 | 0.004 | -0.04 | -0.93 | 0.352 | -0.04 | -0.88 | 0.381 | -0.22 | -4.53 | 0.000 |
Moderate | -0.21 | -3.97 | 0.000 | 0.00 | -0.08 | 0.939 | -0.05 | -1.12 | 0.263 | -0.14 | -2.82 | 0.005 |
Family function (vs.highly functional) | ||||||||||||
Severely dysfunctional | -0.37 | -6.30 | 0.000 | -0.44 | -7.16 | 0.000 | -0.42 | -6.95 | 0.000 | |||
Moderate dysfunctional | -0.20 | -3.63 | 0.000 | -0.24 | -4.09 | 0.000 | -0.23 | -3.95 | 0.000 | |||
Social support(vs. low) | ||||||||||||
Moderate | 0.12 | 1.12 | 0.262 | 0.28 | 2.81 | 0.005 | 0.35 | 3.53 | 0.000 | 0.26 | 2.60 | 0.010 |
High | 0.41 | 3.74 | 0.000 | 0.52 | 5.17 | 0.000 | 0.58 | 5.60 | 0.000 | 0.51 | 4.96 | 0.000 |
Patients | ||||||||||||
Older patients(vs.<15) | 0.15 | 2.04 | 0.042 | 0.03 | 0.55 | 0.584 | 0.19 | 3.09 | 0.002 | |||
Types of leukemia(vs.ALL) | ||||||||||||
AML | -0.02 | -0.28 | 0.778 | 0.19 | 3.15 | 0.002 | 0.12 | 1.89 | 0.059 | |||
CLL | -0.02 | -0.40 | 0.686 | 0.03 | 0.58 | 0.563 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.966 | |||
CML | 0.07 | 1.18 | 0.239 | 0.14 | 2.53 | 0.012 | 0.03 | 0.56 | 0.573 | |||
Medical insurance(vs. no insurance) | 0.11 | 2.32 | 0.021 | 0.09 | 2.21 | 0.028 | ||||||
R2 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.46 | ||||||||
Adjusted R2 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.43 | ||||||||