Table 10 Predicting factors for caregiver Role Emotional according to stepwise linear regression models (N = 300)

F value

40.89

30.30

26.69

25.41

26.87

25.22

23.52

21.63

19.95

Corrected R-squared

0.11

0.16

0.20

0.24

0.30

0.32

0.34

0.35

0.36

Coefficients (95% CI)

Constants

42.09***

(35.61, 48.57)

39.16***

(32.71, 45.62)

40.57***

(34.24, 46.90)

35.85***

(29.29, 42.41)

28.61***

(21.68, 35.55)

34.50***

(26.91, 42.08)

37.13***

(29.45, 44.80)

22.22***

(7.81, 36.64)

23.458***

(9.08, 37.83)

(1) Relationship to the patient (Offspring)

29.96***

(20.74, 39.19)

29.45***

(20.47, 38.44)

31.85***

(23.01, 40.68)

36.66***

(27.76, 45.56)

43.75***

(34.73, 52.76)

43.17***

(34.31, 52.03)

42.29***

(33.53, 51.04)

41.50***

(32.79, 50.22)

41.54***

(32.88, 50.20)

(2) Stage of cancer (1)

31.78*** (16.81, 46.75)

31.41***

(16.82, 46.01)

31.06***

(16.84, 45.27)

32.69***

(19.00, 46.38)

27.26***

(13.47, 41.06)

28.47***

(14.84, 42.10)

23.81***

(9.76, 37.86)

22.15***

(8.10, 36.21)

(3) Type of cancer (Bladder)

-34.78***

(-51.72, -17.84)

-35.26***

(-51.76, -18.77)

-35.52***

(-51.39, -19.64)

-36.89***

(-52.49, -21.28)

-35.13***

(-50.56, -19.69)

-31.03***

(-46.71, -15.35)

-29.91***

(-45.54, -14.29)

(4) Relationship to the patient (Siblings)

38.16***

(20.05, 56.27)

45.24***

(27.59, 62.89)

44.14*

(26.80, 61.48)

44.81**

(27.69, 61.92)

45.90***

(28.90, 62.89)

47.33***

(30.38, 64.28)

(5) Relationship to the patient (Others)

41.06***

(24.75, 57.36)

41.62***

(25.61, 57.64)

40.16***

(24.33, 55.98)

40.84***

(25.14, 56.55)

39.52***

(23.85, 55.18)

(6) Stage of cancer (3)

-15.72**

(-24.66, -6.78)

-15.16**

(-23.99, -6.34)

-15.39**

(-24.15, -6.64)

-13.51**

(-22.40, -4.63)

(7) Education (Primary School)

-17.38**

(-28.71, -6.06

-16.97**

(-28.21, -5.73)

-17.04**

(-28.21, -5.87)

(8) Care setting (Outpatient)

10.27*

(1.83, 18.71)

10.78*

(2.38, 19.18)

(9) Type of treatment (Chemo Radiotherapy)

-10.11*

(-19.55, -0.66)