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Table 4 Correlates of affiliate stigma among the studied participants at Assiut University Hospital, 2017

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

Variables

Regression coefficient

t value

p value

95% CI

Age of the caregiver

0.013

0.452

0.651

− 0.045–0.071

Caregiver gender (female)

1.527

1.595

0.112

− 0.355–3.410

Caregiver marital status (single)

− 0.152

− 0.159

0.874

− 2.040–1.735

Caregiver occupation (does not work/housewife)

0.829

0.854

0.393

− 1.078–2.736

Caregiver residence (rural)

0.562

0.711

0.478

− 0.993–2.118

Caregiver education (illiterate/read and write)

0.470

0.694

0.488

− 0.862−1.801

Caregiver relation (parents)

4.529

5.208

< 0.001a

2.820–6.239

Age of patient

− 0.004

− 0.120

0.904

− 0.066–0.059

Patient gender (female)

− 0.310

− 0.550

0.583

− 1.416–0.797

Patient marital status (single)

0.748

1.202

0.230

− 0.475–1.972

Aggressive behavior (yes)

1.343

2.077

0.038a

0.072–2.615

Suicide (yes)

− 1.160

− 1.491

0.137

− 2.690–0.370

Care first sought (traditional healer or non-psychiatrist)

− 0.050

− 0.068

0.946

− 1.483–1.384

Inpatient admission (yes)

− 0.932

− 1.653

0.099

− 2.041–0.176

Duration of current illness

0.028

0.656

0.512

− 0.055–0.111

Diagnosis of mental illness (schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders)

1.027

1.903

0.058

− 0.034–2.087

Associate stigma (EMIC-Stigma Scale)

0.793

14.508

< 0.001a

0.685–0.900

ATMI Scale

− 0.120

− 1.726

0.085

− 0.257–0.017

  1. Adjusted linear regression model; F = 29.961, p < 0.001, adjusted R2 = 0.551
  2. Reference groups: males, ever married, work, urban residence, educated at least primary education, other than parents, no injury, no suicide, psychiatrist, not inpatient admitted, other than schizophrenia
  3. aSignificant variable