Gender Differences in Dementia Spousal Caregiving

Table 2

Logistic regression analysis exploring independent determinants associated with high burden (Zarit >40 points) in dementia spousal caregiving.

Covariates	OR (Odds ratio)	95% Confidence intervals	𝑃 value
Caregiver
Age	1.14	0.73–1.78	0.57
Male gender	0.33	0.18–0.62	<0.001
Education < 8 years	0.58	0.31–1.08	0.09
Cornell depression scale	1.07	1.00–1.14	0.03
Using home care services	1.98	0.93–4.22	0.08
Charlson comorbidity index	1.14	0.96–1.36	0.12
Care recipient
Age	0.85	0.54–1.32	0.46
MMSE	0.96	0.92–1.00	0.07
NPI	1.05	1.03–1.08	<0.001
Charlson comorbidity index	1.02	0.87–1.19	0.84
Cornell	1.07	1.00–1.14	0.03

Abbreviations: MMSE: mini-mental state examination; NPI: neuropsychiatric inventory.