Table 2.
Background characteristics of the participants.
| People with vascular cognitive impairment (n = 9) | Caregivers (n = 9) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Sex | Education level a | Deep WMH: Fazekas score | Lacunar stroke (n) | CVA, large vessel (yes/no) | MMSE | MoCA | CDR | Marital status | Relation to person with vascular cognitive impairment | Age | Sex | Education level a | ||
| P7 b | 81 | M | Middle | 2 | 2 c | Yes | 27 | 24 | 0.5 | Married | C7 | Partner | 61 | V | University |
| P12 | 75 | M | Middle | 2 | 0 | Yes | 26 | 22 | 0.5 | Married | |||||
| d | 71 | M | University | 3 | 3 | Yes | 24 | 16 | 1 | Married | C13 | Partner | 70 | V | Higher |
| P15 | 85 | M | Middle | 3 | 1 | No | 22 | 15 | 0.5 | Living together | C15 | Partner | 68 | V | Lower |
| P20 | 76 | F | Middle | 3 | 3 | No | 28 | 26 | 0.5 | Widowed | C20 | Daughter-in-law | 52 | V | Higher |
| P24 | 75 | M | Lower | 2 | 1 c | Yes | 26 | 22 | 1 | Married | C24 | Partner | 71 | V | Lower |
| P26 | 63 | F | Middle | 2 | 4c | No | 27 | 24 | 0.5 | Divorced | |||||
| d | 81 | F | Lower | 3 | 0 | Yes | 19 | 12 | 2 | Married | C29 | Partner | 76 | M | Higher |
| d | 77 | M | Higher | 3 | 1 c | No | 27 | 20 | 1 | Married | C33 | Partner | 76 | V | Lower |
| P34 | 88 | F | University | 3 | 0 | No | 26 | 22 | 0 | Widowed | C34 | Son | 62 | M | University |
| P41 | 91 | F | Lower | 3 | 2c | No | 22 | 18 | 1 | Divorced | |||||
| P42 | 69 | M | University | 1 | 1c | No | 30 | 23 | 1 | Single | |||||
| d | 78 | M | University | 3 | 0 | Yes | 22 | 19 | 1 | Widowed | C45 | Daughter-in-law | 52 | V | University |
aEducation level: lower = primary education/lower preparatory vocational education/lower vocational education, middle = higher preparatory vocational education/secondary vocational education, higher = senior general/pre-university secondary education and higher vocational education.
bPeople with vascular cognitive impairment and caregivers with corresponding numbers are from the same dyad.
cStrategic lacunar infarction in the basal ganglia or thalamus.
dPeople with vascular cognitive impairment whose caregiver participated, but who did not participate themselves.
Note. M: Male; F: Female; WMH: White Matter Hyperintensities; CVA: Cerebrovascular Accident; MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; CDR: Clinical Dementia Rating.