Table 4 Stepwise regression of substituted judgment of the patients' QoL (proxy(QoL-AD substituted)patient).
From: Gender-dependence of substituted judgment on quality of life in patients with dementia
R2 | degrees of freedom | change in F | overall significance | Regression coefficient | T | significance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All proxies | |||||||
0.127 | 1,192 | 27.946 | p < 0.001 | proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.390 | 5.286 | p < 0.001 |
0.213 | 1,191 | 20.822 | p < 0.001 | proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.373 | 5.299 | p < 0.001 |
patient(GDS)patient | -0.608 | -4.563 | p < 0.001 | ||||
0.290 | 1,190 | 20.632 | p < 0.001 | proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.313 | 4.581 | p < 0.001 |
patient(GDS)patient | -0.582 | -4.583 | p < 0.001 | ||||
proxy(Behave-AD)patient | -0.335 | -4.542 | p < 0.001 | ||||
Male Proxies | |||||||
0.200 | 1,52 | 12.962 | p = 0.001 | patient(GDS)patient | -0.895 | -3.600 | p = 0.001 |
0.377 | 1,51 | 14.515 | p < 0.001 | patient(GDS)patient | -0.940 | -4.241 | p < 0.001 |
proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.618 | 3.810 | p < 0.001 | ||||
0.441 | 1,50 | 5.710 | p = 0.021 | patient(GDS)patient | -0.864 | -4.026 | p < 0.001 |
proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.559 | 3.556 | p = 0.001 | ||||
proxy(Behave-AD)patient | -0.335 | -2.390 | p = 0.021 | ||||
Female proxies | |||||||
0.134 | 1,138 | 21.382 | p < 0.001 | proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.371 | 4.624 | p < 0.001 |
0.218 | 1,137 | 14.736 | p < 0.001 | proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.315 | 4.043 | p < 0.001 |
proxy(Behave-AD)patient | -0.337 | -3.839 | p < 0.001 | ||||
0.258 | 1,136 | 7.286 | p = 0.008 | proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.293 | 3.821 | p < 0.001 |
proxy(Behave-AD)patient | -0.337 | -3.921 | p < 0.001 | ||||
patient(GDS)patient | -0.423 | -2.699 | p = 0.008 | ||||
0.293 | 1,135 | 6.622 | p = 0.011 | proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | 0.290 | 3.864 | p < 0.001 |
proxy(Behave-AD)patient | -0.335 | -3.988 | p < 0.001 | ||||
patient(GDS)patient | -0.399 | -2.593 | p = 0.011 | ||||
Age proxy | 0.132 | 2.573 | p = 0.011 |