Comparison of burden among family members of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a large acute psychiatric hospital in China

Table 3 Results of the stepwise regression analysis of the five family burden factors and characteristics and clinical features (N=443)

Dependent variables	Independent variables	B	S.E.	Beta	t	P	95% C.I. for B
Dependent variables	Independent variables	B	S.E.	Beta	t	P	Lower	Upper
Factor 1
	ITAQ	−0.204	0.039	−0.234	−5.195	<0.001	−0.281	−0.127
	Diagnosis (BD vs SP)	2.013	0.434	0.209	4.638	<0.001	1.160	2.866
	Female (patient)	−1.353	0.435	−0.141	−3.113	0.002	−2.207	−0.499
	Employed (patient)	−1.319	0.494	−0.120	−2.668	0.008	−2.290	−0.347
	Employed (caregiver)	−0.965	0.432	−0.101	−2.233	0.026	−1.815	−0.116
Factor 2
	ITAQ	−0.014	0.007	−0.096	−2.029	0.043	−0.028	0.000
Factor 3
	Employed (caregiver)	1.370	0.456	0.140	3.006	0.003	0.474	2.266
	Duration of illness	0.079	0.026	0.140	3.030	0.003	0.028	0.129
	Female (patient)	−1.309	0.456	−0.133	−2.873	0.004	−2.204	−0.414
	SF-36 MCS	−0.016	0.008	−0.091	−1.970	0.049	−0.032	0.000
Factor 4
	Age	−0.038	0.009	−0.189	−4.000	<0.001	−0.056	−0.019
	Female (patient)	0.539	0.233	0.109	2.317	0.021	0.082	0.996
	Diagnosis (BD vs SP)	0.506	0.233	0.102	2.176	0.030	0.049	0.963
	Divorce/widow (caregiver)	1.008	0.443	0.105	2.277	0.023	0.138	1.878
	Employed (caregiver)	−0.504	0.231	−0.102	−2.187	0.029	−0.958	−0.051
Factor 5
	ITAQ	0.051	0.020	0.120	2.557	0.011	0.012	0.090
	Age	0.019	0.009	0.100	2.124	0.034	0.001	0.036

See Table 1 for abbreviations
Factor 1 violent behavior, Factor 2 caregiver distress, Factor 3 disrupted routines, Factor 4 suicidal behavior, Factor 5 satisfaction with services

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