Perceived quality of life in partners of patients undergoing treatment in somatic health, mental health, or substance use disorder units: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Factors associated with QoL (N = 266)

Variables	Block 1^b		Block 2^b		Block 3^b
Socio-demographic variables	B (95% CI)	p value^a	B (95% CI)	p value^a	B (95% CI)	p value^a
Group^c	0.02 (−0.01/0.05)	0.141	0.02 (−0.01/0.04)	0.242	0.00 (−0.02/0.03)	0.715
Gender	−0.02 (−0.07/−0.02)	0.279	−0.03 (−0.07/0.01)	0.141	−0.01 (−0.04/0.03)	0.758
Education	0.01 (−0.02/0.04)	0.431	0.01 (−0.02/0.04)	0.498	0.00 (−0.02/0.03)	0.760
Work/school activity^d	0.00 (0.00/0.00)	0.050	0.00 (0.00/0.00)	0.241	0.00 (−0.00/0.00)	0.669
Income^e	0.01 (0.00/0.01)	0.030	0.00 (−0.00/0.01)	0.180	0.00 (−0.00/0.01)	0.437
Social / familial variables
Family cohesion (FACES-III)^f			0.05 (0.02/0.08)	0.003	0.05 (0.02/0.07)	0.001
Social support (ISEL)^g			0.07 (0.03/0.10)	0.001	0.03 (−0.00/0.06)	0.091
Concern about child Family capacity			−0.03 (−0.05/−0.01) −0.01 (−0.04/0.01)	0.002 0.186	−0.01 (−0.03/0.01) −0.01 (−0.02/0.01)	0.206 0.558
Health variables
Psychological distress (SCL-10)					−0.16 (−0.20/−0.13)	<0.001

^a p value obtained from multivariate linear regression, presented as beta and 95% confidence interval (CI)
^bExplained variance (R²): Block 1 (socio-demographic variables) = 6%; Block 2 (social/familial variables) = 33%; Block 3 (health variables) = 56%
^cGroups: Partners of patients in three domains – somatic or mental illness or substance use disorders
^dPercentage engaged in work/school activity
^eIncome in NOK 100,000
^f,gMean scores were used to facilitate interpretation of the coefficients

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