Quality of life among caregivers of people with end-stage kidney disease managed with dialysis or comprehensive conservative care

Table 3 Adjusted differences in CES score according to caregiver sociodemographic characteristics and care recipient treatment group

	Differences	95% Lower CI	95% Upper CI	p value
Age (Y)	0.01	−0.47	0.49	0.96
Gender	−1.81	−11.23	7.61	0.70
Care recipient treatment	−15.73	−25.68	−5.78	0.003*
Health System	16.19	5.63	26.75	0.004*
Education	−1.67	−11.70	8.36	0.74
Private health insurance	7.45	−3.79	18.69	0.19
Care recipient length of kidney disease	−15.52	−35.73	4.70	0.13
Length of care	−3.98	−17.11	9.16	0.55
Relationship type	4.31	−8.22	16.83	0.49

The reference category for the difference are as follow: Age (every unit increase), Gender (male - female), Care recipient treatment (conservative care - dialysis), Country (UK-Australia), Education (completed high school or tertiary education - attended some high school or lower levels), Private health insurance (Yes - No/Unknown), Care recipient length of kidney disease (≤2 years - > 2 years), Length of care (0–2 years - > 2 years), Relationship type (Spouse/Partner – Child, sibling and other). CES - Carer Experience Scale. * p < 0.05, statistical significance. CI - Confidence interval

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