Correlates of Caregiver Burden among Family Members of Patients with Schizophrenia in Lagos, Nigeria

Table 5

Multivariate analysis of the correlates of caregiver burden.

	Unstandardized coefficient		Standardized coefficient		𝑃	95% C.I	𝑅^2
	B	S.E	Beta	𝑡
Dependent variable: “financial/physical strain” domain score
Poor social support	3.533	0.690	0.386	5.122	<0.001	2.167–4.899	25.3
Below secondary education	1.499	0.411	0.265	3.645	<0.001	1.685–2.313	17.1
Total PANSS	0.052	0.017	0.249	3.094	0.002	0.019–0.086	12.1
Dependent variable: “time/dependence strain” domain score
Total PANSS	0.057	0.017	0.278	3.333	0.001	0.023–0.091	14.1
Poor social support	2.791	0.705	0.309	3.960	<0.001	1.395–4.186	24.9
Below secondary education	1.581	0.420	0.283	3.765	<0.001	0.750–2.413	22.0
Dependent variable: “emotional strain” domain score
Total PANSS	0.054	0.007	0.461	7.246	<0.001	0.039–0.068	27.4
Poor social support	1.856	0.307	0.364	6.051	<0.001	1.249–2.463	25.8
Below secondary education	0.556	0.181	0.176	3.073	0.003	0.198–0.915	11.3
Female caregiver	0.914	0.312	0.210	2.933	0.04	0.297–1.531	3.4
Dependent variable: “Uncertainty” domain score
Duration of illness	0.167	0.042	0.291	3.947	<0.001	0.083–0.250	23.7
Dependent variable: “Self-criticism” domain score
Hours of contact	−0.195	0.032	−0.481	−6.175	<0.001	0.160–0.132	29.9

KEY: 𝑅²: Percentage variance.