Table 4 Factors associated with bereavement outcomes of carers who were identified as next of kin by older patients

Informal care cost ($1000)

 β

0.06*

0.06*

− 0.01

− 0.02

0.04*

0.03*

 CI_ll

0.03

0.03

− 0.03

− 0.04

0.02

0.01

 CI_up

0.09

0.10

0.01

0.01

0.06

0.06

Age at death

 β

− 0.23*

− 0.28*

− 0.04

− 0.01

0.02

0.00

 CI_ll

− 0.35

− 0.42

− 0.13

− 0.11

− 0.06

− 0.07

 CI_up

− 0.11

− 0.15

0.05

0.09

0.09

0.07

Cancer (= 1 if cancer)

 β

0.54

0.14

− 0.73

− 0.24

1.08

1.01

 CI_ll

− 1.46

− 2.15

− 2.25

− 2.02

− 0.17

− 0.43

 CI_up

2.54

2.43

0.78

1.55

2.32

2.45

Formal care cost ($1000)

 β

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.01

− 0.00

0.02

 CI_ll

− 0.03

− 0.05

− 0.01

− 0.02

− 0.02

− 0.00

 CI_up

0.04

0.05

0.03

0.05

0.02

0.05

Satisfaction with hospital care

 β

− 0.75^**

− 0.76^**

0.23

 CI_ll

− 1.46

− 1.35

− 0.19

 CI_up

− 0.05

− 0.17

0.65

Satisfaction with home care

 β

− 0.47

− 0.84*

0.66*

 CI_ll

− 1.24

− 1.47

0.22

 CI_up

0.29

− 0.22

1.10

Carer religious (= 1 if religious)

 β

1.93

1.64

− 2.67^**

− 4.01*

1.60^**

1.32

 CI_ll

− 0.71

− 1.22

− 4.78

− 6.46

0.04

− 0.35

 CI_up

4.58

4.50

− 0.57

− 1.55

3.15

2.98

Relationship to patient (base: wife)

 Husband

  β

− 0.37

− 0.14

− 0.71

− 1.65

0.10

− 0.15

  CI_ll

− 3.54

− 3.88

− 2.94

− 4.25

− 1.99

− 2.58

  CI_up

2.80

3.61

1.53

0.96

2.19

2.27

 Daughter

  β

0.92

1.51

3.85*

3.21*

0.90

0.55

  CI_ll

− 1.54

− 1.25

1.97

1.11

− 0.74

− 1.28

  CI_up

3.38

4.27

5.74

5.30

2.54

2.38

 Son

  β

− 6.42^**

− 3.92^**

2.04

0.88

0.17

1.10

  CI_ll

− 9.51

− 7.34

− 0.61

− 2.07

− 1.88

− 1.13

  CI_up

− 3.32

− 0.51

4.69

3.83

2.21

3.34

 Female relative

  β

− 6.20^**

− 4.80

2.55

1.59

0.08

− 0.03

  CI_ll

− 10.65

− 10.11

− 0.44

− 2.11

− 2.24

− 2.82

  CI_up

− 1.74

0.51

5.53

5.30

2.40

2.77

 Male relative

  β

− 14.02^**

− 13.36*

− 1.68

− 3.66

− 2.62

0.53

  CI_ll

− 20.06

− 21.99

− 5.45

− 8.80

− 6.22

− 3.14

  CI_up

− 7.97

− 4.73

2.10

1.48

0.98

4.20

 Others

  β

− 10.54^**

− 11.08*

− 2.97

− 4.44^**

1.24

2.01

  CI_ll

− 16.73

− 18.17

− 6.21

− 8.78

− 1.47

− 1.08

  CI_up

− 4.34

− 3.98

0.28

− 0.09

3.96

5.10

Carer’s financial status (base: living comfortably)

 Doing alright

  β

1.84

0.12

0.22

0.41

0.38

0.69

  CI_ll

− 0.29

− 2.26

− 1.31

− 1.37

− 0.93

− 0.76

  CI_up

3.97

2.50

1.75

2.19

1.70

2.15

 Just about getting by

  β

3.94*

4.78*

1.38

3.15

− 0.50

− 0.64

  CI_ll

0.95

1.16

− 0.92

0.36

− 2.35

− 2.94

  CI_up

6.94

8.39

3.68

5.94

1.35

1.67

 Finding it quite difficult

  β

7.91*

6.47*

3.06

3.72

− 2.05

− 0.74

  CI_ll

4.38

2.99

− 0.16

0.43

− 4.47

− 3.11

  CI_up

11.44

9.95

6.28

7.01

0.37

1.63

 Finding it very difficult

  β

5.16

5.25

3.58

0.52

3.34

1.96

  CI_ll

− 6.31

− 10.48

− 1.24

− 4.73

− 1.71

− 2.84

  CI_up

16.63

20.98

8.40

5.78

8.39

6.75

 Do not know

  β

3.20

2.58

− 1.45

− 2.03

0.83

1.22

  CI_ll

− 1.54

− 3.83

− 5.04

− 7.17

− 2.03

− 2.38

  CI_up

7.95

8.99

2.14

3.12

3.69

4.83

Country (base: England)

 Ireland

  β

0.22

0.47

− 1.54

− 1.41

0.86

− 0.36

  CI_ll

− 2.13

− 2.23

− 3.29

− 3.47

− 0.59

− 1.99

  CI_up

2.58

3.17

0.22

0.65

2.30

1.26

 USA

  β

− 0.97

− 3.00^**

0.09

− 0.20

1.92^**

0.76

  CI_ll

− 3.51

− 5.86

− 1.82

− 2.31

0.38

− 0.88

  CI_up

1.57

− 0.15

1.99

1.92

3.47

2.40

 Constant

  β

60.86*

64.11*

32.76*

32.32*

23.08*

22.67*

  CI_ll

50.04

51.53

24.54

23.11

16.42

15.68

  CI_up

71.67

76.70

40.99

41.53

29.74

29.66

Observations

608

459

609

459

604

456

R-squared

0.26

0.27

0.11

0.15

0.07

0.07