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Table 5 Final regression model for multivariable analysis for caregiver burden (FBIS)

From: Burden among caregivers of people with mental illness at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

  Unstandardized coefficients p value 95.0% CI
β Lower Upper
Age of caregiver 0.189 < 0.001 0.101 0.277
Income of caregiver − 7.257 < 0.001 − 9.482 − 5.032
Caregivers sex (female) 2.682 0.001 1.113 4.251
Caregiver who were
 Parent 0    
 Spouse 3.537 0.009 0.870 6.205
 Sibling 5.940 0.002 2.274 9.606
 Son/daughter 4.364 < 0.001 2.073 6.655
 Other relation (friends) 4.032 0.021 0.598 7.465
Duration of stay with a patient in 24 h 0.741 < 0.001 0.491 0.990
Social support to the caregiver (OSSS) − 0.778 < 0.001 − 0.990 − 0.566
Perceived stigma by the caregivers (PSS) 0.472 < 0.001 0.363 0.581
Caregiver who had college/aboveb 0    
Caregiver who was illiterate − 4.653 0.001 − 7.430 − 1.876
Attended patient college/above educationb 0    
Primary education 2.424 0.030 0.235 4.614
Attended patient has no history of substance use in life 1.524 0.025 0.195 2.853
Severity of patient illness (CGISa)
 Normal (no sign of illness currently)b 0    
 Moderately ill 2.693 0.019 0.449 4.937
  1. aClinical global impression scale
  2. bReference group
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X