Table 3 Regression: Factors associated with Requirement of Informal Care and Hours of Informal Care – Parsimonious Model

Number of Observations

305

191

263

128

OR (95%-CI)

Coefficient (95%-CI)

OR (95%-CI)

Coefficient (95%-CI)

 Age group: <= 50

–

–

–

–

 Age group: 51–65

0.96 (0.42, 2.18)

−0.18 (− 0.60, 0.23)

1.58 (0.65, 3.83)

0.49 (− 0.10, 1.08)

 Age group: >  65

1.61 (0.67, 3.85)

− 0.16 (− 0.60, 0.29)

1.81 (0.71, 4.61)

0.53 (− 0.08, 1.14)*

 Ethnicity: Chinese

1.40 (0.82, 2.39)

0.07 (− 0.18, 0.33)

0.88 (0.49, 1.59)

0.07 (− 0.29, 0.42)

 Gender: Female

1.41 (0.78, 2.54)

0.27 (0.001, 0.55)**

1.22 (0.66, 2.25)

0.02 (−0.32, 0.37)

 Married

1.48 (0.73, 3.00)

−0.07 (− 0.38, 0.24)

0.81 (0.40, 1.64)

0.07 (− 0.33, 0.47)

 Ward class: A&B1

1.86 (0.57, 6.12)

0.07 (−0.41, 0.54)

2.97 (0.83, 10.60)*

0.10 (−0.48, 0.67)

 Ward class: B2

1.00 (0.58, 1.73)

−0.01 (− 0.27, 0.24)

0.74 (0.41, 1.33)

0.38 (0.02, 0.74)**

 Ward class: C

–

–

–

–

 Modified Rankin Scale: No symptom or disability

–

–

–

–

 Modified Rankin Scale: slight or moderate disability

2.69 (1.43, 5.06)***

0.30 (0.02, 0.58)**

3.58 (1.84,6.94)***

−0.35 (−0.77, 0.07)

 Modified Rankin Scale: moderate severe or severe disability

6.33 (2.44, 16.40)***

0.54 (0.23, 0.86)***

10.63 (4.33, 26.05)***

−0.02 (− 0.43, 0.40)

 NIHSS: moderate to severe stroke

1.75 (0.98, 3.13)*

0.35 (0.09, 0.60)***

NA

NA

 Hyperlipidemia

NA

NA

1.76 (0.94, 3.28)*

NA

Depressed

1.73 (0.97, 3.11)*

NA

NA

NA