Table 2.
Participant Characteristics
| Participant Characteristic | Total | Intervention Arm | p a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARMONY | Standardized | Control | |||
| No. of dyads | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | — |
| Age, yr, M (SD), n | |||||
| PLWD | 77.9 (7.9), 22 | 73.3 (7.1), 9 | 84.3 (5.4), 7 | 77.2 (7.4), 6 | .014 |
| Caregiver | 69.0 (11.7), 22 | 69.7 (11.7), 9 | 67.7 (11.6), 7 | 69.5 (14.0), 6 | .95 |
| Gender, female/male, n | |||||
| PLWD | 19/11 (30) | 8/2 (10) | 7/3 (10) | 6/4 (10) | .25 |
| Caregiver | 19/11 (30) | 2/8 (10) | 8/2 (10) | 9/1 (10) | .0029 |
| Race, White/Black, n | |||||
| PLWD | 29/1 (30) | 10/0 (10) | 10/0 (10) | 9/1 (10) | 1 |
| Caregiver | 29/1 (30) | 10/0 (10) | 10/0 (10) | 9/1 (10) | 1 |
| Education, yr, M (SD), n | |||||
| PLWD | 15.0 (2.4), 23 | 15.6 (2.0), 9 | 14.6 (2.1), 7 | 14.7 (3.2), 7 | .69 |
| Caregiver | 16.3 (2.2), 25 | 17.0 (2.4), 10 | 16.3 (1.6), 8 | 15.3 (2.5), 7 | .30 |
| Length of caregiving relationship, yr, M (SD), n | 4.4 (3.5), 20 | 5.6 (3.9), 8 | 3.3 (2.9), 5 | 3.7 (3.5), 7 | .44 |
| PLWD CDR, M (SD), n | 2 (0.8), 24 | 1.9 (0.8), 8 | 2.0 (0.9), 9 | 2.1 (0.7), 7 | .82 |
| PLWD ASP abnormality, yes/no (n) | 12/7 (19) | 4/3 (7) | 4/2 (6) | 4/2 (6) | 1 |
Note. ASP = Adult Sensory Profile; CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating; HARMONY = Helping older Adults cReate & Manage OccupatioNs successfullY; PLWD = person living with dementia.
a
The p values are based on a one-way analysis of variance for continuous responses and on Fisher’s exact test for categorical responses.