The association between expressed emotion, illness severity and subjective burden of care in relatives of patients with schizophrenia. Findings from an Italian population

Table 2 Variables associated with high EE in logistic regression

Number of subjects included in the analysis	101
LR ¹	51.63
P	<0.0001
	Odds ratio (95% CIs)	P
PATIENTS
Age	0.98 (0.90 to 1.07)	0.810
Education	0.80 (0.66 to 0.99)	0.040
Duration of illness	0.93 (0.84 to 1.02)	0.163
Previous hospitalizations	1.01 (0.90 to 1.14)	0.758
RELATIVES
SBAS distress scores
Disturbed behaviour	3.17 (1.11 to 9.07)	0.031
Social role performance	2.40 (0.77 to 7.42)	0.128
Adverse effects	4.79 (1.09 to 20.9)	0.037

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