Proxy reporting of health-related quality of life for people with dementia: a psychometric solution

Table 1 Sample characteristics

	Age range (mean; SD)	Gender %	Ethnicity %	Cognitive function (%)*	Type of carer %
People with dementia	42–98 (77.9; 8.5)	52 female 48 male	94.5 White British 1.6 Black British 0.9 Asian British 1.1 Mixed 1.8 Other	MMSE < 24 = 702 (58.7) MMSE ≥24 = 494 (41.3) Missing = 238	N/A
Carers	16–94 (65.9; 13.6)	69 female 31 male	95.2 White British 1.6 Black British 0.9 Asian British 1.6 Mixed 0.7 Other	N/A	61 spouse/partner 32 son/daughter (in law) 7 other

* Where MMSE score not available, ACE-III (≤ 82 vs. > 82), ACE-R (≤ 82 vs. > 82), MOCA (< 22 vs. ≥ 22), M-ACE (≤ 21 vs. > 21), KOLT (≤ 22 vs. > 22), or TYM (≤ 42 vs. > 42) score used based on established cut-offs for screening

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