Table 1 Patient and caregiver characteristicsa at baseline
From: How useful is the EQ-5D in assessing the impact of caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease?
Characteristic | Mean (SD) or n (%) |
|---|---|
Caregiver, n | 1495 |
Sex, n (%) female | 958 (64.2) |
Age, mean (SD) | 67.3 (12.0) |
Relationship to patient, n (%) | |
Spouse | 984 (65.9) |
Child | 405 (27.1) |
Other | 104 (6.9) |
Lives with patient, n (%) | 1135 (76.0) |
Working for pay, n (%) | 355 (23.8) |
Caregivers with medical conditions, n (%) | 875 (58.6) |
Number of medical conditions, mean (SD) | 1.1 (1.2) |
Patient, n | 1495 |
Sex, n (%) female | 819 (54.8) |
Age, mean (SD) | 77.6 (7.7) |
Time since diagnosis of AD, years, mean (SD) | 2.2 (2.2) |
MMSE score, mean (SD) | 17.4 (6.3) |
Patients with comorbidities, n (%) | 1101 (73.6) |
Number of comorbidities, mean (SD) | 1.4 (1.2) |