From: Development and preliminary evaluation of a quality of life measure targeted at dementia caregivers
N (%) | |
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Age (mean, SD) (n = 147) | 61.5 (13.5) |
Gender (n = 200) | |
Male | 43 (22) |
Female | 157 (79) |
Ethnicity (n = 148) | |
White | 97 (66) |
African American | 13 (9) |
Asian | 10 (7) |
Hispanic | 27 (18) |
Other | 1 (1) |
Marital Status (n = 178) | |
Married | 115 (65) |
Never Married | 34 (19) |
Separated | 6 (3) |
Divorced | 18 (10) |
Widowed | 5 (3) |
Education (n = 147) | |
8th grade of less | 5 (3) |
Some high school | 4 (3) |
High school grad | 12 (8) |
Some college | 48 (33) |
4-year degree | 43 (29) |
More than 4-year degree | 35 (24) |
Relationship (n = 200) | |
Spouse | 89 (45) |
Child/Child-in-law | 85 (43) |
Sibling/Sibling-in-law | 7 (4) |
Niece/Nephew | 2 (1) |
Grandchild | 3 (2) |
Friend | 8 (4) |
Other | 6 (3) |
Hours spent each week caring for relative/friend with dementia (n = 200) | |
0 – 5 hours | 18 (9) |
6 – 10 hours | 23 (12) |
11 – 20 hours | 26 (13) |
21 – 30 hours | 19 (10) |
More than 30 hours | 114 (57) |
Time being a caregiver to relative/friend with dementia (n = 200) | |
Less than a year | 21 (11) |
1 – 2 years | 27 (14) |
2 – 3 years | 28 (14) |
3 – 5 years | 41 (21) |
More than 5 years | 83 (42) |
Average number of months as primary caregiver during past year (mean, SD) (n = 200) | 11.1 (3) |
How much of the help you need in caring for your friend/relative with dementia do you receive? (n = 200) | |
None | 19 (10) |
A little | 50 (25) |
Some | 52 (26) |
Quite a bit | 38 (19) |
As much as I need | 41 (21) |
Rating of caregiver experience (0 = worst experience possible, 10 = best experience possible) (n = 199) | |
0 | 6 (3) |
1 | 1 (1) |
2 | 4 (2) |
3 | 5 (3) |
4 | 15 (8) |
5 | 45 (23) |
6 | 20 (10) |
7 | 22 (11) |
8 | 40 (20) |
9 | 22 (11) |
10 | 19 (10) |