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Table 4 Predictors of change in individual quality of life domains

From: The effect of neuropalliative care on quality of life and satisfaction with quality of care in patients with progressive neurological disease and their family caregivers: an interventional control study

Independent variables

Dependent variables

Total QoL

Total health

D2

D3

D4a

PATIENTS

ß

p

ß

p

ß

p

ß

p

ß

p

Intervention

−0.194

0.025

−0.199

0.020

0.273

0.002

0.308

0.000

−0.276

0.001

Gender

0.212

0.016

0.226

0.009

−.0068

0.430

−0.118

0.169

0.132

0.120

Age

−0.075

0.386

−0.060

0.485

0.007

0.932

−0.152

0.078

−0.065

0.441

Marital status

0.111

0.620

0.193

0.024

−0.197

0.022

−0.133

0.118

0.236

0.006

PPS

0.043

0.198

0.037

0.663

0.018

0.836

−0.023

0.783

−0.005

0.949

Model sum.

 

0.026

 

0.007

 

0.014

 

0.004

 

0.002

FAMILY CAREGIVERS

 Intervention

0.254

0.048

0.282

0.041

−0.249

0.002

−0.268

0.002

−0.188

0.033

 Gender

0.013

0.876

0.025

0.777

0.113

0.159

0.013

0.874

0.024

0.784

 Age

0.116

0.213

0.151

0.122

−0.171

0.057

−0.108

0.246

−0.094

0.330

 Marital status

−0.267

0.005

−0.250

0.011

0.344

0.000

0.279

0.003

0.158

0.103

 Patients PPS

0.269

0.002

0.075

0.389

−0.213

0.008

− 0.156

0.062

− 0.177

0.043

 Model sum.

 

0.001

 

0.048

 

0.000

 

0.001

 

0.040

  1. D2 – emotional functioning, D3 – social functioning, D4a – spiritual area (nonreligious)