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Table 3 Descriptive Statistics for Caregivers and Care Recipients in focus groups

From: Listening to families with a person with neurodegenerative disease talk about their quality of life: integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches

Caregivers’ sociodemographic data (N = 21)

N = 10

Dementia

N = 11

Parkinson

Caregiver’s age in years Age (Range = 40–79)

Caregiver’s gender

 Female

7

10

 Male

3

1

Caregiver’s role

 Primary caregiver

7

9

 Shared primary caregiver

3

2

Caregiver’s relationship

 Spouse

6

9

 Sibling

1

1

 Son/daughter

3

0

 Daughter-in-law

0

1

Care recipient’s sociodemographic data (N = 21)

Care recipient’s age in years (≥ 70 years)

 Care recipient’s gender

  Female

6

9

  Male

4

2