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Table 1 Caregiver Characteristics and Perceptionsa

From: Development and preliminary evaluation of a quality of life measure targeted at dementia caregivers

 

N (%)

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)

  1. a Caregiver age, gender, and ethnicity were only collected during the telephone interview of the later group of 149 caregiver enrollees. All other characteristics were obtained from all subjects during the telephone interview.