Family caregivers’ concerns about advance care planning for home-dwelling people with dementia: a cross-sectional observational study in Japan

Table 5 Multiple linear regression analysis of family caregivers’ concerns regarding advance care planning (ACP) with persons with dementia

Variable	Coefficient	95%CI		P-value
Variable	Coefficient	Lower	Upper	P-value
Characteristics of the loved one
Age (years)	− 0.02	− 0.07	0.04	.548
Sex, male	1.05	− 0.04	2.14	.060
Alzheimer’s disease	0.06	− 0.81	0.94	.886
Dependence for ADL (range: 0–6)	− 0.13	− 0.37	0.11	.276
Cognitive impairment (range: 0–6)	− 0.26	− 0.64	0.12	.180
Time since diagnosis (reference: < 25 months)
26–92 months	0.29	− 0.70	1.28	.560
≥ 93 months	1.27	0.07	2.47	.038
Having cancer	0.31	− 1.58	2.21	.745
Participating in peer support groups	− 0.43	− 1.53	0.67	.445
Characteristics of the caregiver
Age (years)	− 0.05	− 0.10	0.01	.093
Sex, male	0.64	− 0.25	1.53	.157
Child of the loved one	0.07	− 1.10	1.25	.904
Educational attainment (reference: junior high school or high school)
Vocational school or college	− 0.76	− 1.89	0.37	.185
University or graduate school	− 0.35	− 1.29	0.59	.465
Psychological well-being (range: 0–25)	− 0.18	− 0.25	-0.11	< .001

CI confidence interval
Adjusted R² = 0.08
Activities of daily living were evaluated using the Japanese version of the Activities of Daily Living Self-Performance Hierarchy Scale
Cognitive impairment was evaluated using the Japanese version of the Cognitive Performance Scale
Psychological well-being was evaluated using the Japanese version of the World Health Organisation Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5)

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