Caregiver burden of cancer patients undergoing palliative PTBD: an investigation of patient and caregiver factors

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Table 4 Multiple linear regression analysis of caregiver burden

Variables	Std.β	95% CI	p	Adj.R²
*Caregivers’ characteristics*				0.49
Age	0.11	− 0.05, 0.27	0.169
Sex
Male	-	-	-
Female	− 0.26	− 3.04, 2.52	0.855
Education years
≤ 12 years	-	-	-
> 12 years	2.18	− 0.92, 5.28	0.167
Time spent caring per day
0–4 h	-	-	-
5–8 h	3.35	0.51, 6.19	0.021
> 8 h	5.43	1.83, 9.04	0.003
Living with patients
No	-	-	-
Yes	2.99	− 0.98, 6.96	0.139
HAD-A	1.20	0.58, 1.82	0.001
HAD-D	0.86	0.22, 1.50	0.009
FARS	− 0.11	− 0.20, − 0.02	0.016
*Patients’ characteristics*
Age	0.20	0.11, 0.30	< 0.001
Sex
Male	-	-	-
Female	3.61	0.89, 6.33	0.010
More than one tube
No	-	-	-
Yes	4.22	1.47, 6.98	0.003
Tube maintenance institution
Home self-caring	-	-	-
Community	− 7.06	− 13.40, − 0.71	0.030
Hospital	− 0.90	− 3.18, 1.38	0.437

HAD-A: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety; HAD-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression; FARS: Family Resilience Assessment Scale; SPBS: Self-perceived Burden Scale

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