The relationships between depression and other outcomes of chronic illness caregiving

BMC Nursing

Table 1 Standardized factor loadings and measurement error variances for the measurement model predicting caregiver stress

Latent variable	Indicators	Factor loading (Measurement error)
Hours of care	Hours of care	1.00^a (.00)^b
Stressful life events	Number of stressful life events	1.00^a (.00)^b
Social support	Friend/relatives positive support	1.00^a (.00)^b
Age	Age	1.00^a (.00)^b
Gender	Gender	1.00^a (.00)^b
Perceived stress	Perceived caregiver stress	1.00^a (.00)^b
Depression	CES-D Depressed & positive mood	.75^a (.44)
	CES-D Somatic symptoms	.74 (.45)
	CES-D Interpersonal	.39 (.84)
Physical function	Functional health	.55^a (.70)
	Numbers of chronic illness	.65 (.57)
	Self-rated health	.77 (.41)
Self-esteem	Self esteem/mastery index	1.00^a (.00)^b
Marital satisfaction	Marital satisfaction index	1.00^a (.00)^b

Factors and measurement errors were from the completely standardized solution. All factor loadings and measurement errors were significant at .01 level in the preliminary measurement model.
^a Parameter was fixed to 1.0 in the unstandardized solution.
^b Parameter was fixed to 0 in the unstandardized solution.

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