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Table 3 Crude and fully adjusted main effects of the predictor variables on spousal mental health and life satisfaction

From: Mental health and wellbeing in spouses of persons with dementia: the Nord-Trøndelag health study

 

Life satisfaction

Symptoms of depression

Symptoms of anxiety

Crude B(CI)

Adjusted B(CI)

Crude B(CI)

Adjusted B(CI)

Crude B(CI)

Adjusted B(CI)

Dementia Non-dementia

0.48 (0.29 – 0.67) ***0a

0.32 (0.14 – 0.50) ***0a

0.49 (0.31– 0.68) ***0a

0.30 (0.12 – 0.48) 0a

0.32 (0.14 – 0.51) *0a

0.21 (0.02 – 0.39) 0a

Gender

   

0.08 (0.03 – 0.13)**

  

Men

-0.04 (-0.09 – 0.02)

0.02 (-0.03 – 0.08)

0.07 (0.02 – 0.13)**

0a

-0.30 (-0.36 – -0.25)***

-0.28 (-0.33 – -0.23)***

Women

0a

0a

0a

 

0a

0a

Age

***

***

***

-0.02 (-0.31 – 0.26)

**

**

> 85 years

-0.31 (-0.62 – -0.01)*

-0.79 (-1.08 – -0.51)***

0.52 (0.22 – 0.82)***

0.06 (-0.07 – 0.20)

-0.13 (-0.44 – 0.07)

-0.34 (-0.64 – -0.05)*

81-85 years

-0.19 (-0.34– -0.05)**

-0.48 (-0.61 – -0.34)***

0.41 (0.39 – 0.58)***

0.02 (-0.09 – 0.12)

0.04 (-0.10 – 0.10)

-0.14 (-0.29 – -0.00)*

76-80 years

-0.22 (-0.33 – -0.12)***

-0.41 (-0.51 – -0.31)***

0.28 (0.17 – 0.38)***

0.04 (-0.04 – 0.13)

0.03 (-0.14 – 0.08)

-0.13 (-0.24 – -0.02)*

71-75 years

-0.26 (-0.35 – -0.17)***

-0.35 (-0.44 – - 0.26)***

0.19 (0.10 – 0.28)***

-0.05 (-0.13 – 0.02)

-0.09 (-0.18 – 0.00)*

-0.11 (-0.20 – -0.02)*

66-70 years

-0.23 (-0.31 – -0.15)***

-0.27 (-0.35 – -0.20)***

0.03 (-0.05 – 0.11)

-0.01 (-0.08 – 0.06)

-0.15 (-0.23 – -0.07)***

-0.14 (-0.22 – -0.06)***

61-65 years

-0.11 (-0.18 – -0.03)**

-0.12 (-0.19 – -0.05)***

0.03 (-0.05 – 0.10)

0a

-0.12 (-0.20 – -0.05)**

-0.10 (-0.18 – -0.03)**

56-60 years

0a

0a

0a

 

0a

0a

Income b

-0.02 (-0.05 – 0.01)

0.00 (-0.03 – 0.03)

-0.12 (-0.15 – -0.09)***

0.00 (-0.03 – 0.03)

-0.06 (-0.09 – -0.03)***

0.01 (-0.02 – 0.04)

Education b

0.00 (-0.03 – 0.03)

0.06 (0.03 – 0.09)***

-0.13 (-0.15 – -0.10)***

-0.02 (-0.05 – 0.01)

-0.09 (-0.12 – -0.06)***

-0.04 (-0.07 – -0.01)*

Spousal age difference

-0.01 (-0.04 – 0.02)

-0.03 (-0.05 – 0.00)

-0.06 (-0.09 – -0.04)***

-0.03 (-0.05 – 0.02)

-0.01 (-0.03 – 0.02)

0.01 (-0.02 – 0.04)

Living arrangements

   

0.05 (-0.23 – 0.33)

  

Living alone

0.78 (0.51 – 1.04)***

0.66 (0.40 – 0.92)***

0.35 (0.08 – 0.61)*

0a

0.25 (0.02 – 0.52)***

0.10 (0.17 – 0.37)*

Living with spouse

0a

0a

0a

 

0a

0a

Subjective health bc

0.36 (0.34 – 0.39)***

0.32 (0.29 – 0.35)***

0.37 (0.34 – 0.39)***

0.32 (0.29 – 0.35)***

0.30 (0.28 – 0.33)***

0.25 (0.22 – 0.28)***

Impaired functioning b

0.22 (0.19 – 0.25)***

0.09 (0.06 – 0.12)***

0.25 (0.23 – 0.28)***

0.08 (0.05 – 0.11)***

0.18 (0.15 – 0.20)***

0.07 (0.04 – 0.09)***

Receptive cultural act b

-0.08 (-0.11 – -0.06)***

-0.03 (-0.05 – 0.00)

-0.13 (-0.15 – -0.10)***

-0.05 (-0.08 – -0.02)***

-0.05 (-0.08 – -0.03)***

0.01 (-0.02 – 0.04)

Creative cultural act b

-0.08 (-0.10 – -0.05)***

-0.02 (-0.05 – 0.01)

-0.17(-0.19 – -0.14)***

-0.11 (-0.14 – -0.08)***

-0.09 (-0.11 – -0.06)***

-0.02 (-0.05 – 0.01)

Social support bc

0.17 (0.14 – 0.19)***

0.13 (0.10 – 0.15)***

0.23 (0.20 – 0.25)***

0.22 (0.20 – 0.25)***

0.14 (0.11– 0.16)***

0.11 (0.09 – 0.14)***

  1. ***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01 *p < 0.05 aReference group bthe scale is standardized cthe scale is reversed B-values indicate fractions of standard deviation.