Table 3:
Caregiver’s characteristics
| Mean (SD) or n (%) | Control N=9,991 |
Parkinsonism N=704 |
Dementia N=844 |
Parkinsonism and dementia N=229 |
Total N=11,768 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 53.3 (18.1) | 54.0 (17.8) | 53.0 (16.0) | 55.1 (16.4) | 53.5 (17.9) |
| Sex, male | 3013 (30.3) | 163 (23.3) | 161 (19.1) | 47 (20.5) | 3658 (28.6) |
| Education | |||||
| None | 228 (2.3) | 14 (2.0) | 22 (2.6) | 7 (3.1) | 297 (2.3) |
| Primary or less | 991 (10.0) | 100 (14.3) | 91 (10.8) | 26 (11.4) | 1308 (10.2) |
| Primary | 2168 (21.8) | 154 (22.1) | 170 (20.2) | 55 (24.0) | 2832 (22.1) |
| High School | 3811 (38.3) | 238 (34.1) | 327 (38.8) | 82 (35.8) | 4871 (38.1) |
| College | 2747 (27.6) | 192 (27.5) | 232 (27.6) | 59 (25.8) | 3487 (27.3) |
| Relationship with care-recipient | |||||
| Spouse | 2986 (30.0) | 156 (22.3) | 138 (16.4) | 52 (22.7) | 3626 (28.3) |
| Child | 3650 (36.7) | 287 (41.0) | 423 (50.1) | 115 (50.2) | 4891 (38.2) |
| Son/daughter-in-law | 423 (4.3) | 32 (4.6) | 39 (4.6) | 9 (3.9) | 527 (4.1) |
| Sibling | 508 (5.1) | 30 (4.3) | 44 (5.2) | 8 (3.5) | 646 (5.0) |
| Other relative | 1152 (11.6) | 96 (13.7) | 115 (13.6) | 25 (10.9) | 1512 (11.8) |
| Friend | 533 (5.4) | 34 (4.9) | 30 (3.6) | 3 (1.3) | 665 (5.2) |
| Neighbor | 526 (5.3) | 47 (6.7) | 23 (2.7) | 4 (1.7) | 673 (5.3) |
| Other | 173 (1.7) | 18 (2.6) | 32 (3.8) | 13 (5.7) | 265 (2.1) |
| Care need | |||||
| Much of the time | 141 (1.5) | 57 (8.3) | 274 (33.2) | 98 (43.8) | 763 (6.1) |
| Occasionally | 274 (2.8) | 75 (10.9) | 129 (15.6) | 40 (17.9) | 589 (4.7) |
| Does not need care | 9269 (95.7) | 553 (80.7) | 423 (51.2) | 86 (38.4) | 11150 (89.2) |
| Zarit score | |||||
| Overall | 3.67 (9.68) | 10.61 (13.88) | 20.26 (17.09) | 23.43 (16.09) | 8.72 (14.41) |
| <3 NPI symptoms | 1.99 (6.55) | 6.94 (11.23) | 14.29 (14.88) | 14.67 (13.93) | 4.18 (9.58) |
| ≥3 NPI symptoms | 10.65 (15.69) | 17.52 (15.71) | 24.52 (17.31) | 27.72 (15.38) | 18.94 (17.82) |