Psychological distress and mental health of Thai caregivers

Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara; Seubsman, Sam-ang; Sleigh, Adrian C

doi:10.1186/2211-1522-2-4

Psychology of Well-Being

Theory, Research and Practice

Table 4 High psychological distress, caregiver status and other covariates, Thai Cohort Study 2009

From: Psychological distress and mental health of Thai caregivers

Cohort characteristics N = 60,569	High psychological distress (Kessler-6)* Adjusted Multivariate Odds Ratios [95% Confidence Intervals]
	Males	Females
Caregiver status
Non caregiver	reference	reference
Part-time caregiver	1.33 [1.20-1.49]	1.32 [1.20-1.44]
Full-time caregiver	1.78 [1.49-2.13]	1.45 [1.24-1.70]
Demographic characteristics
Age (year)
20-29	1.39 [1.18-1.63]	1.62 [1.42-1.86]
30-39	1.20 [1.06-1.37]	1.39 [1.23-1.57]
40+	reference	reference
Marital status
Married	reference	reference
Never married	1.27 [1.13-1.44]	1.21 [1.10-1.32]
Separated, divorced, widowed	1.86 [1.53-2.27]	1.79 [1.55-2.07]
Socio-geographic characteristics
Household monthly income (Baht)
<10,000	2.26 [1.89-2.70]	1.91 [162–2.23]
10,000-19,999	1.73 [1.46-2.05]	1.56 [1.34-1.80]
20,000-30,000	1.20 [1.03-1.39]	1.31 [1.14-1.51]
>30,000	reference	reference
Wok status
Doing paid work	reference	reference
Unpaid family workers	1.21 [0.98-1.49]	1.06 [0.91-1.23]
Seeking work	2.00 [1.54-2.60]	1.94 [1.53-2.46]
Others	1.10 [0.97-1.26]	1.09 [0.96-1.34]
Geographical residence
Rural residence	reference	reference
Urban residence	1.02 [0.92-1.13]	1.10 [1.01-1.20]
Health-risk behaviours
Regular smokers - yes	1.44 [1.28-1.63]	1.86 [1.21-2.84]
Regular smokers - no	reference	reference
Regular alcohol drinkers - yes	1.35 [1.20-1.52]	1.32 [1.13-1.55]
Regular alcohol drinkers - no	reference	reference
Social contacts
Colleagues – every week	reference	reference
Colleagues – once or twice per month	1.12 [0.96-1.30]	1.03 [0.89-1.20]
Colleagues – rarely or never	1.36 [1.19-1.95]	1.33 [1.19-1.49]
Neighbours – every week	reference
Neighbours – once or twice per month	0.98 [1.19-1.95]	1.11 [0.91-1.36]
Neighbours – rarely or never	0.99 [1.19-1.95]	1.04 [0.91-1.19]
Friends – every week	reference
Friends – once or twice per month	0.96 [1.19-1.95]	1.10 [0.92-1.31]
Friends – rarely or never	1.27 [1.10-1.47]	1.42 [1.24-1.63]

* Those whose total score was ≥ 13 out of a maximum of 24 were classified as having high psychological distress.

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