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Table 8 Percentiles of QOL Financial Well-being score, final model

From: Reference values for and interpretation of the Singapore Caregiver Quality of Life Scale: a quantile regression approach

Predictor

10th

percentile

25th

percentile

50th

percentile

75th

percentile

90th

percentile

 

Coef.

(95% CI)

Coef.

(95% CI)

Coef.

(95% CI)

Coef.

(95% CI)

Coef.

(95% CI)

Age

 (per 10 years)

2.3

(−3.5, 8.0)

6.0

(0.6, 11.3)

5.5*

(2.9, 8.2)

2.2

(−0.1, 4.6)

0

(0, 0)

Education

 Tertiary

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

 Secondary

−12.2

(−27.4, 3.0)

− 16.4*

(− 28.8, − 4.0)

−6.8

(−14.5, 0.8)

− 1.7

(− 4.7, 1.3)

0

(0, 0)

 Primary/below

−15.8

(−35.0, 3.4)

−27.1*

(−42.7, − 11.5)

−22.3*

(−33.0, − 11.5)

−14.7*

(−26.0, − 3.5)

0

(0, 0)

Caregiver role

9.0

(0.8, 17.3)

12.8*

(5.4, 20.2)

13.5*

(8.7, 18.2)

5.9*

(2.2, 9.6)

0

(0, 0)

Performance status

−5.3

(−11.6, 1.0)

−2.8

(−7.2, 1.4)

− 2.5

(− 4.7, − 0.2)

−0.6

(−1.9, 0.7)

0

(0, 0)

Intercept

20.6

(−14.2, 55.3)

21.1

(−10.4, 52.7)

42.3*

(25.6, 59.1)

78..2*

(63.2, 93.1)

100.0

(100, 100)

  1. *P < 0.01
  2. Example: The 10th percentile of a 50-year old caregiver who has tertiary education and is the only family member (caregiver role = 0) giving care to a patient who has symptoms but is ambulatory (performance status = 1) is 20.6 + (5 × 2.3) + 0 + (0 × 9.0) + (1 × [− 5.3]) = 26.8