Stigma and burden of mental illness and their correlates among family caregivers of mentally ill patients

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Table 5 Correlates of associate stigma among the studied participants at Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, 2017

Variables	Regression coefficient	t value	p value	95 % CI
Age of the caregiver	0.011	0.486	0.627	− 0.032–0.053
Caregiver gender (female)	− 0.297	− 0.420	0.675	− 1.689–1.094
Caregiver marital status (single)	0.646	0.915	0.361	− 0.743–2.036
Caregiver occupation (does not work/housewife)	0.181	0.253	0.801	− 1.226–1.587
Caregiver residence (rural)	− 0.039	− 0.067	0.947	− 1.186–1.108
Caregiver education (illiterate/read and write)	− 0.221	− 0.442	0.659	− 1.202–0.761
Caregiver relation (parents)	− 1.815	− 2.767	0.006^a	− 3.104–0.526
Age of patient	− 0.028	− 1.179	0.239	− 0.074–0.018
Patient gender (female)	− 0.154	− 0.370	0.711	− 0.969–0.662
Patient marital status (single)	− 0.563	− 1.229	0.220	− 1.465–0.338
Aggressive behavior (yes)	1.332	2.806	0.005^a	0.399–2.265
Suicide (yes)	0.531	0.925	0.356	− 0.598–1.661
Care first sought (traditional healer or non-psychiatrist )	1.009	1.886	0.060	− 0.043–2.060
Inpatient admission (yes)	0.159	0.381	0.703	− 0.661–0.979
Duration of current illness	0.018	0.573	0.567	− 0.043–0.079
Diagnosis of mental illness (schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders)	− 0.086	− 0.215	0.830	-0.871–0.699
ATMI Scale	− 0.158	− 3.107	0.002^a	− 0.258 to − 0.058
Affiliate stigma (CPMI-Stigma Scale)	0.431	14.508	< 0.001^a	0.372–0.489

Adjusted linear regression model; F = 21.980, p < 0.001, adjusted R² = 0.471
Reference groups: males, ever married, work, urban, educated at least primary education, other than parents, no injury, no suicide, psychiatrist, not inpatient admitted, other than schizophrenia
^aSignificant variable