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. 2024 Jun 11;7:e55557. doi: 10.2196/55557

Table 1.

Participant demographics.


Brazil (n=44) India (n=15) Total (N=59)
Person with dementia

Region, n (%)


Southeast Brazil 41 (93) a 41 (69)


South Brazil 2 (5) 2 (3)


Northeast Brazil 1 (2) 1 (2)


Chennai (India) 15 (100) 15 (25)

Age (y), mean (range) 77.1 (61-93) 77.3 (65-93) 77.2 (61-93)

Sex, n (%)


Male 10 (23) 10 (67) 20 (34)


Female 34 (77) 5 (33) 39 (66)

Ethnicity, n (%)


South Asian 15 (100) 15 (25)


Black 3 (7) 3 (5)


Mixed 6 (14) 6 (10)


White 35 (80) 35 (59)

Education (y), mean (range) 11.5 (4-20) 13.0 (10-17) 11.9 (4-20)

Type of dementia, n (%)


Alzheimer disease 22 (50) 11 (73) 33 (60)


Vascular dementia 4 (9) 3 (2.0) 7 (12)


Mixed dementia (Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia) 1 (2) 1 (7) 2 (3)


Parkinson-related dementia 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)


Dementia with Lewy bodies 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (2)


Variant unknown 16 (36) 0 (0) 16 (27)
Caregiver

Sex, n (%)


Male 7 (16) 3 (20) 10 (17)


Female 37 (84) 12 (80.0) 49 (83)

Age (y), mean (range)b 52.5 (32-71) 53.2 (29-72) 52.7 (29-72)

Relationship to person with dementia, n (%)c


Spouse 8 (19) 4 (27) 12 (20)


Daughter or son 32 (74) 11 (73) 43 (73)


Daughter-in-law or son-in-law 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (2)


Other relative 2 (5) 0 (0) 2 (3)

Living with person with dementia, n (%)d


No 11 (30) 2 (13) 13 (22)


Yes 26 (70) 13 (87) 39 (66)

aNot applicable.

bMissing data for Brazil: caregiver age, n=7.

cMissing data for Brazil: relationship to person with dementia, n=1.

dMissing data for Brazil: living with person with dementia, n=7.