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. 2015 Mar 18;30(6):559–568. doi: 10.1177/1533317515576389

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics.a

Adult child Spouse Other
Relationship 28.7 67.7 3.6
Community Care
Living 81 19
AD Unspecified VaD LBD Other/mixed
Diagnosis 59.8 13.3 11.6 5.4 9.9
Mild Moderate Severe Unknown Normal
Caregiver reported 35.8 25.5 6.3 32.3 n/a
Physician-sMMSEb 45.7 23.7 0.8 n/a 24.2
Yes No Yes, but difficult Unsure/no response
Activity beneficial? 79.6 9.5 7.8 3.1

Abbreviations: AD, Alzheimer’s disease; VaD, vascular dementia; LBD, lewy body dementia; sMMSE, Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination.

a N = 906, %.

b Caregivers differ from clinical assessment with none classifying their family member as normal; however, no question was asked to the caregiver whether the family member could be considered as not having dementia.