From: Effects of home-based long-term care services on caregiver health according to age
Variables | Caregivers aged less than 65 n = 460 | Caregivers aged 65 or older n = 138 |
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β (95% CI) | β (95% CI) | |
Family caregivers | ||
 Relationship with care recipient | ||
  Spouse | Reference | – |
  Son | 0.226 (−0.146, 0.597) | – |
  Daughter | 0.209 (−0.155, 0.572) | – |
  Daughter-in-law | 0.538 (0.129, 0.948)* | – |
  Others a | 0.203 (−0.366, 0.772) | – |
 Job | ||
  Yes | Reference | Reference |
  No | 0.203 (−0.22, 0.429) | 0.671 (0.044, 1.299)* |
 Household monthly income (NTD) b | ||
   < 30,000 | Reference | – |
  30,000–69,999 | 0.078 (−0.246, 0.402) | – |
   ≥ 70,000 | 0.266 (−0.076, 0.609) | – |
 Family income spent on caring for the care recipient (%) | ||
  20 or below | Reference | Reference |
  21–40 | −0.172 (−0.439, 0.095) | 0.031 (−0.455, 0.518) |
  41–60 | −0.057 (−0.349, 0.236) | −0.455 (−0.939, 0.029) |
  61–80 | −0.135 (−0.610, 0.341) | −0.060 (−0.671, 0.552) |
  81–100 | −0.361 (−0.782, 0.060) | −0.948 (−1.534, −0.361)** |
 Caregiving period (years) | ||
Care recipients | ||
 Number of family members living with care recipient | ||
  0 | Reference | – |
  1–3 | 0.016 (−0.320, 0.352) | – |
  4 or more | −0.044 (−0.384, 0.296) | – |
 SRH | 0.127 (0.018, 0.236)* | 0.222 (0.038, 0.406)* |
Use of home-based services | ||
 Home nursing care | −0.229 (−0.447, −0.010)* | 0.499 (0.146, 0.852)** |
 Home rehabilitation | −0.265 (−0.513, −0.016)* | – |
 Home respite care | −0.413 (−0.722, −0.105)** | – |
 Home service | 0.048 (−0.174, 0.270) | – |