Table 4 Determinants of family caregiver burden with two-level random intercept model (n = 1478)
Characteristic | Value | β value | Std. error | t | Pvalue | 95% confidence interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower bound | Upper bound | ||||||
Intercept | 25.52 | 4.66 | 5.48 | 0.00 | 16.37 | 34.66 | |
Patients | |||||||
Gender - no. (%) | |||||||
Male | 951 (64.34) | -0.75 | 0.86 | -0.87 | 0.38 | -2.44 | 0.94 |
Female | 527 (35.66) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Age - years | 51.15(SD 13.28) | ||||||
Type of hepatitis - no. (%) | |||||||
Hepatitis B | 1308 (88.50) | 1.45 | 1.30 | 1.12 | 0.26 | -1.09 | 4.00 |
Hepatitis C | 88 (5.95) | 4.49 | 1.67 | 2.69 | 0.01 | 1.22 | 7.77 |
Hepatitis B and D | 2 (0.14) | 3.64 | 9.08 | 0.40 | 0.69 | -14.18 | 21.46 |
Unidentified | 80 (5.41) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Clinical diagnosis - no. (%) | |||||||
Chronic viral hepatitis | 1372 (92.83) | -1.73 | 2.86 | -0.61 | 0.55 | -7.33 | 3.88 |
Cirrhosis | 95 (6.43) | 2.46 | 3.00 | 0.82 | 0.41 | -3.43 | 8.35 |
Liver cancer | 11 (0.75) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Antiviral therapy - no. (%) | |||||||
Yes | 1115 (75.44) | 1.14 | 0.69 | 1.65 | 0.10 | -0.22 | 2.50 |
No | 363 (24.56) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Hospitalisation or outpatient in the last year - no. (%) | |||||||
Hospitalisation | 889 (60.15) | 1.69 | 0.62 | 2.74 | 0.01 | 0.48 | 2.90 |
Outpatient | 589 (39.85) | 0a | 0 | ||||
The mean levels of serum alanine aminotransferase in the past 6 months - (IU/L) | 222.32 (659.55) | 1.05 | 0.46 | 2.29 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 1.95 |
Insurance for medical care - no. (%) | |||||||
For urban residents | 594 (40.19) | -1.44 | 1.48 | -0.97 | 0.33 | -4.34 | 1.46 |
For urban workers | 565 (38.23) | -1.02 | 1.48 | -0.69 | 0.49 | -3.93 | 1.89 |
New rural cooperative | 160 (10.83) | -0.61 | 1.65 | -0.37 | 0.71 | -3.84 | 2.63 |
Private expense | 113 (7.64) | -1.16 | 1.70 | -0.68 | 0.50 | -4.50 | 2.18 |
Commercial insurance | 46 (3.11) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Alcohol consumption - no. (%) | |||||||
No consumption of alcohol | 1263 (85.45) | -2.69 | 1.28 | -2.11 | 0.04 | -5.19 | -0.19 |
Less than or equal to 1 time per week | 140 (9.47) | -2.03 | 1.46 | -1.39 | 0.16 | -4.88 | 0.83 |
More than 1 time per week | 75 (5.08) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Average monthly costs for patients - no. (%) | |||||||
Less than or equal to 100 US dollars | 910 (61.57) | -2.96 | 1.46 | -2.02 | 0.04 | -5.83 | -0.09 |
Less than 500 and more than 100 US dollars | 515 (34.84) | -0.90 | 1.50 | -0.60 | 0.55 | -3.85 | 2.04 |
More than 500 US dollars | 53 (3.59) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Family caregiver | |||||||
Gender - no. (%) | |||||||
Male | 561 (37.96) | -0.78 | 0.82 | -0.95 | 0.34 | -2.39 | 0.83 |
Female | 917 (62.04) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Age - years | 51.31(SD 13.66) | -0.06 | 0.04 | -1.59 | 0.11 | -0.13 | 0.01 |
Relationship - no. (%) | |||||||
Parents | 139 (9.40) | 1.66 | 2.01 | 0.83 | 0.41 | -2.28 | 5.59 |
Spouse | 1133 (76.66) | 0.78 | 1.07 | 0.73 | 0.47 | -1.32 | 2.88 |
Siblings or children | 206 (13.94) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Health status - no. (%) | |||||||
Healthy | 966 (65.36) | -9.91 | 1.46 | -6.81 | 0.00 | -12.76 | -7.05 |
Ordinary | 428 (28.96) | -6.65 | 1.47 | -4.51 | 0.00 | -9.54 | -3.76 |
Bad | 84 (5.68) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Average monthly household income - US dollar | 1219.06(SD 2827.33) | 5.20e-6 | 1.45e-5 | 0.360 | 0.72 | -2.33e-5 | 3.37e-5 |
Infected or not - no. (%) | |||||||
Yes | 199 (13.46) | -0.78 | 0.84 | -0.93 | 0.35 | -2.42 | 0.86 |
No | 1279 (86.54) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Acceptance of the hepatitis B vaccine - no. (%) | |||||||
Yes | 742 (50.20) | 2.20 | 0.84 | 2.62 | 0.01 | 0.56 | 3.85 |
With no answer | 503 (34.03) | 1.57 | 0.86 | 1.82 | 0.07 | -0.12 | 3.25 |
No | 233 (15.77) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Acceptance of regular interviews - no. (%) | |||||||
Yes | 894 (60.49) | -0.54 | 0.83 | -0.65 | 0.52 | -2.17 | 1.09 |
With no answer | 315 (21.31) | -1.46 | 1.09 | -1.35 | 0.18 | -3.59 | 0.67 |
No | 269 (18.20) | 0a | 0 | ||||
Nursing time of family caregiver - years | 12.56(SD 12.39) | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.78 | 0.44 | -0.03 | 0.07 |