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Table 6 Multiple logistic regression on factors associated with caregiver burden among palliative patients

From: Caregiver burden among informal caregivers in the largest specialized palliative care unit in Malaysia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

Wald statistics (df)

P value ª

Gender

Female

0.515 (0.268,0.99)

3.957 (1)

0.047

Male

1.00

Education level

High

2.414 (1.266,4.603)

7.163 (1)

0.007

Low

1.00

Hours of caregiving

≥ 14 h

2.084 (1.139,3.813)

5.672 (1)

0.017

< 14 h

1.00

Depression

Yes

3.041 (1.130,8.179)

4.852 (1)

0.028

No

1.00

Anxiety

Yes

3.299 (1.533,7.099)

9.316 (1)

0.002

No

1.00

Caregiver to a cancer patient

No

0.422 (0.207,0.862)

5.603 (1)

0.018

Yes

1.00

  1. ªMultiple logistic regression. The model reasonably fits well. Model assumptions were met. There was no interaction and multicollinearity problem