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Table 3 Predictors of depressive mental health problems in formal caregivers and informal caregivers

From: Predictors of mental health problems in formal and informal caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease

Predictors

β

t

R2

F

Informal caregivers

 SCQ Comprehensibility

−0.56

−4.68***

0.30

21.90***

 SCQ Manageability

0.01

0.06

 SCQ Meaningfulness

−0.01

−0.05

 SSQ Emotional support

−0.21

−1.68

 GSES Self-efficacy

−0.17

−1.27

Formal caregivers

 SSQ Emotional support

−0.40

−3.13**

0.45

21.02***

 SCQ Comprehensibility

−0.38

−3.00**

 SCQ Manageability

0.15

0.62

 SCQ Meaningfulness

0.36

1.39

 SSQ Tangible support

−0.08

−0.42

 SSQ Social integration

−0.17

− 0.86

 GSES Self-efficacy

−0.03

−0.22

  1. Note. For informal caregivers, the following variables were excluded from the statistical model: SCQ Manageability, SCQ Meaningfulness, SSQ Emotional support, and GSES Self-efficacy. For formal caregivers, the following variables were excluded from the statistical model: SCQ Manageability, SCQ Meaningfulness, SSQ Tangible support, SSQ Social integration, and GSES Self-efficacy
  2. GSES Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale, SCQ Sense of Coherence Questionnaire, SSQ Social Support Questionnaire, β standardized regression coefficient, t Student’s t test to determine the significance of a standardized regression coefficient; R2 = size of the explained variance of the dependent (explained) variable including the correction for the number of subjects and the number of predictors introduced into the regression equation; F = fit of the regression model
  3. ** p < 0.01. *** p < 0.001