Table 9 Predicting factors for caregiver Social Functioning according to stepwise linear regression models (N = 300)
From: Quality of life among family caregivers of cancer patients: an investigation of SF-36 domains
Independent variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F value | 19.70 | 13.66 | 11.40 | 10.00 | 9.31 | 9.05 |
Corrected R-squared | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
Coefficients (95% CI) | ||||||
Constants | 51.69*** (43.29, 60.08) | 53.50*** (45.08, 61.91) | 54.99*** (46.57, 63.41) | 56.85*** (48.34, 65.36) | 57.60*** (49.13, 66.06) | 58.82*** (50.39, 67.25) |
(1) Care setting (Outpatient) | 12.02*** (6.69, 17.35) | 11.30*** (6.00, 16.61) | 10.65*** (5.37, 15.93) | 10.72*** (5.48, 15.96) | 11.30*** (6.08, 16.52) | 9.85*** (4.57, 15.14) |
(2) ECOG (3) | -18.47** (-32.00, -4.94) | -19.13** (-32.55, -5.72) | -19.97** (-33.31, -6.63) | -21.31** (-34.59, -8.03) | -23.51** (-36.76, -10.25) | |
(3) ECOG (4) | -24.08* (-42.85, -5.31) | -23.79* (-42.43, -5.16) | -24.95** (-43.45, -6.44) | -28.20** (-46.69, -9.70) | ||
(4) ECOG (4) | -6.71* (-12.44, -0.98) | -7.52* (-13.24, -1.80) | -7.49* (-13.15, -1.82) | |||
(5) ECOG (2) | -9.29** (-16.83, -1.75) | -10.56** (-18.08, -3.03) | ||||
(6) Type of cancer (Prostate) | 11.11* (2.73, 19.49) | |||||