Informal carers’ health-related quality of life and patient experience in primary care: evidence from 195,364 carers in England responding to a national survey

Table 3 Differences in health-related quality of life among carers

	EQ-5D-predictors among carers(unadjusted)	p-value	EQ-5D-predictors among carers(adjusted)^a	p-value
Gender
Male	ref	<0.0001	ref	<0.0001
Female	0.01 (0.00 to 0.01)	<0.0001	0.00 (-0.01 to 0.00)	<0.0001
Age group
18–24	0.06 (0.05 to 0.07)	<0.0001	0.07 (0.06 to 0.08)	<0.0001
25–34	0.05 (0.05 to 0.06)		0.07 (0.06 to 0.07)
35–44	0.03 (0.03 to 0.04)		0.04 (0.04 to 0.04)
45–54	0.02 (0.01 to 0.02)		0.02 (0.01 to 0.02)
55–64	ref		ref
65–74	−0.03 (-0.03 to -0.03)		−0.02 (-0.03 to -0.02)
75–84	−0.08 (-0.09 to -0.08)		−0.06 (-0.07 to-0.06)
85+	−0.14 (-0.15 to -0.13)		−0.12 (-0.12 to -0.11)
Ethnic group
White	ref	<0.0001	ref	<0.0001
Mixed	−0.01 (-0.02 to 0.01)		−0.02 (-0.03 to 0.00)
Asian	0.02 (0.01 to 0.02)		0.01 (0.01 to 0.02)
Black	0.01 (0.00 to 0.02)		0.02 (0.01 to 0.03)
Other ethnic group	−0.02 (-0.03 to -0.01)		−0.02 (-0.03 to-0.01)
Socio-economic deprivation
1 (Affluent)	ref	<0.0001	ref	<0.0001
2	−0.02 (-0.02 to -0.01)		−0.01 (-0.02 to -0.01)
3	−0.03 (-0.04 to -0.03)		−0.03 (-0.03 to -0.03)
4	−0.06 (-0.06 to -0.06)		−0.06 (-0.06 to -0.06)
5 (Deprived)	−0.10 (-0.10 to -0.09)		−0.10 (-0.10 to -0.09)

^a The results from this model are presented adjusted for level of caring commitment, age, gender, deprivation, ethnicity and general practice

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