Burden and Depressive Symptoms Associated with Adult-Child Caregiving for Individuals with Heart Failure

Table 4

Linear regression analysis for depressive symptoms of caregivers.

Clinical characteristics				95% confidence interval
				Minimum	Maximum
Age of patient	0.281	3.134	0.002	0.071	0.316
Age of caregiver	−0.034	−0.294	0.769	−0.244	0.181
Gender of patient	0.148	1.562	0.121	−0.698	5.913
Gender of caregiver	−0.227	−2.458	0.015	−7.430	−0.799
Educational status of patient	0.026	0.261	0.795	−2.357	3.072
Educational status of caregiver	−0.084	−0.957	0.341	−2.703	0.942
Socioeconomic status of patient	0.281	4.160	<0.001	3.490	9.832
Socioeconomic status of caregiver	−0.136	−1.465	0.146	−5.989	0.895
Marital status of patient	0.206	2.315	0.022	3.486	0.272
Marital status of caregiver	0.270	2.640	0.009	1.360	9.523
ZCBS	0.403	4.834	<0.001	0.262	0.626
STAI-1	0.024	0.282	0.778	−0.331	0.441
STAI-2	0.070	0.855	0.394	−0.118	0.297
CT	0.150	1.763	0.080	−0.004	0.078

ZCBS: Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale; STAI-1: State Subscale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; STAI-2: Trait Subscale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; CT: caregiving time.