Support groups for dementia caregivers - Predictors for utilisation and expected quality from a family caregiver's point of view: A questionnaire survey PART I*

Table 2 Binary logistic regression analysis with use of support groups as dependent variable

	Regression coefficient β	Standard error	Wald coeff.	p	Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval for odds ratio
						Lower value	Higher value
Gender of family caregiver^a	-.294	.459	.411	.522	.745	.303	1.833
Gender of dementia patient^a	-.461	.402	1.315	.251	.631	.287	1.386
Age of family caregiver	.001	.018	.003	.956	1.001	.967	1.036
Level of caregiver's education^b	.421	.377	1.244	.256	1.523	.727	3.188
Age of dementia patient	-.011	.020	.287	.592	.990	.952	1.028
Help from others (informal or formal caregivers)^c	.071	.356	.040	.842	1.074	.534	2.158
Duration of illness	.004	.004	.783	.376	1.004	.995	1.013
Hours per day spent on care	.039	.043	.814	.367	1.040	.955	1.132
Place of residence (city)^c	-.334	.355	.888	.346	.716	.357	1.435
"Knowing" about support groups^c	-21.489	3997.925	< .001	.996	< .001	< .001	.
"Need" for support groups	1.292	.175	54.253	< .001**	3.639	2.581	5.132

^a Gender: 0 = male, 1 = female
^b Level of caregiver's education: 0 = secondary school or no school leaving certificate, 1 = vocational school or grammar school
^c 0 = yes, 1 = no
p: significance (** α ≤ 0.001)

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