From: Care-related Quality of Life of informal caregivers of the elderly after a hip fracture
Unadjusteda | Adjustedb | |||||
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Caregiver characteristic | β | 95% CI | p | β | 95% CI | p |
CarerQoL | −0.1 | −0.5 – 0.3 | 0.60 | −0.2 | − 0.5 – 0.1 | 0.19 |
Partner | 42.5 | 33.4 – 51.5 | < 0.001 | 34.0 | 20.9 – 47.1 | < 0.001 |
Age | 1.3 | 0.9 – 1.7 | < 0.001 | 0.3 | −0.2 – 0.8 | 0.23 |
Female sex | −11.8 | −23.5 – −0.2 | 0.05 | −4.6 | −13.8 – 4.7 | 0.33 |
Educational attainment | ||||||
Middle vs. low | −17.0 | −30.2 – − 3.8 | 0.01 | −2.4 | − 13.5 – 8.6 | 0.66 |
High vs. low | −27.4 | −42.7 – −12.1 | 0.001 | −9.1 | −21.9 – 3.6 | 0.16 |
Measurement time point | ||||||
At 3 months vs. 1 month | −5.4 | −19.2 – 8.5 | 0.45 | 6.7 | −4.9 – 18.4 | 0.26 |
At 6 months vs. 1 month | −25.6 | −39.0 – 12.1 | < 0.001 | −8.3 | − 20.1 – 3.5 | 0.16 |
Patient characteristic | ||||||
Age | −1.4 | −2.1 – −0.7 | < 0.001 | 0.02 | -0.7 – 0.7 | 0.95 |
Female sex | −2.0 | −15.4 – 11.4 | 0.77 | 8.9 | −1.7 – 19.5 | 0.10 |
Mobility | ||||||
Some problems vs. no problems | 12.0 | −5.2 – 29.2 | 0.17 | 2.7 | −10.8 – 16.1 | 0.39 |
Confined to bed vs. no problems | 19.0 | −1.8 – 39.9 | 0.07 | 5.1 | −11.7 – 21.9 | 0.60 |
Living in an institution | −20.6 | −37.2 – −3.9 | 0.02 | −0.3 | − 20.8 – 21.5 | 0.97 |
Dementia | −21.5 | −36.4 – −6.6 | < 0.01 | −7.0 | − 26.5 – 12.6 | 0.48 |
GFI | −2.9 | −5.1 – −0.6 | 0.01 | 1.9 | −0.4 – 4.1 | 0.10 |
EQ-5D | 10.9 | −16.6 – 38.4 | 0.43 | −10.4 | −32.2 – 11.4 | 0.35 |