The Relationship between Burden and Depression in Spouses of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Table 4

Multiple linear regression analysis of spouse burden (dependent variable) to depression, stage of chronic kidney disease (dialysis dependent/not dialysis dependent), age, sex, marital satisfaction, education, and employment ().

Independent variable	(St. errors)	value
Depression (PHQ9)	2.57; (0.385)	0.000
Stage (dialysis dependent/not dialysis dependent)	0.077; (3.715)	0.984
Age	0.064; (0.208)	0.759
Sex	−2.044; (4.418)	0.646
VAS-marital satisfaction	2.584; (2.396)	0.287
Secondary education	−2.384; (4.523)	0.601
Higher education	−11.909; (5.924)	0.051
Not working	0.860; (5.127)	0.868
Pensioners	9.364; (5.235)	0.081
Constant	6.724; (14.571)	0.647

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