Table V Hierarchical multiple regression...

Table V

Hierarchical multiple regression analyses for predicting the primary family-member caregivers’ overall quality of life

Variable	Standardized coefficient (β)	R²	R² change	F change
Block 1		0.125	0.125	1.964
Cancer patient characteristics
Gender (female=1, male=0)	0.223**
Age (continuous data)	0.030
Marital status (other=1, living together/married=0)	−0.098
Education level (⩾bachelor degree=1, <bachelor degree=0)	0.028
Employment status (other=1, working=0)	0.123
Payment for medical service (self-paid=1, UCS^a/others’ health cards=0)	−0.097
Cancer type (solid tumor=1, hematological=0)	−0.129
Stage of disease (late stage=1, early stage=0)	−0.012
Number of treatments (⩾2 treatments=1, 1 treatment=0)	0.118
Time after diagnosis (continuous data)	0.305
Co-morbidities (yes=1, no=0)	−0.052
Block 2		0.196	0.071	1.127
Family-member caregiver characteristics
Gender (female=1, male=0)	0.022
Age (continuous data)	−0.030
Marital status (other=1, living together/married=0)	0.050
Education level(⩾bachelor degree=1, <bachelor degree=0)	−0.095
Relationship to patient (spouse=1, other=0)	0.013
Duration of caregiving (continuous data)	−0.276
Underlying disease (yes=1, no=0)	0.033
Employment status (other=1, working=0)	0.015
Cost of care (co-responsible=1, other=0)	−0.173*
Block 3		0.282	0.086
Perceived self-efficacy of family-member caregiver^b	0.213*
Block 4		0.312	0.030
Perceived social support of family-member caregiver^b	0.223*

Variable	Standardized coefficient (β)	R²	R² change	F change
Block 1		0.125	0.125	1.964
Cancer patient characteristics
Gender (female=1, male=0)	0.223**
Age (continuous data)	0.030
Marital status (other=1, living together/married=0)	−0.098
Education level (⩾bachelor degree=1, <bachelor degree=0)	0.028
Employment status (other=1, working=0)	0.123
Payment for medical service (self-paid=1, UCS^a/others’ health cards=0)	−0.097
Cancer type (solid tumor=1, hematological=0)	−0.129
Stage of disease (late stage=1, early stage=0)	−0.012
Number of treatments (⩾2 treatments=1, 1 treatment=0)	0.118
Time after diagnosis (continuous data)	0.305
Co-morbidities (yes=1, no=0)	−0.052
Block 2		0.196	0.071	1.127
Family-member caregiver characteristics
Gender (female=1, male=0)	0.022
Age (continuous data)	−0.030
Marital status (other=1, living together/married=0)	0.050
Education level(⩾bachelor degree=1, <bachelor degree=0)	−0.095
Relationship to patient (spouse=1, other=0)	0.013
Duration of caregiving (continuous data)	−0.276
Underlying disease (yes=1, no=0)	0.033
Employment status (other=1, working=0)	0.015
Cost of care (co-responsible=1, other=0)	−0.173*
Block 3		0.282	0.086
Perceived self-efficacy of family-member caregiver^b	0.213*
Block 4		0.312	0.030
Perceived social support of family-member caregiver^b	0.223*

Notes: ^aUCS, universal coverage scheme; ^bcontinuous data. *p<0.05; **p<0.01

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