Table 3.
Descriptive Profile of Care Recipients Participating in the Interventions at the Six REACH Intervention Sites
| REACH Sites
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| Characteristic | Birmingham N=140 | Boston N= 100 | Memphis N = 245 | Miami N = 225 | Palo Alto N= 257 | Philadelphia N = 255 | Total N = 1222 | |||||||
| Age | ||||||||||||||
| Mean, SD | 78.9 | 8.4 | 78.0 | 8.4 | 78.2 | 7.4 | 80.1 | 7.5 | 78.1 | 9.4 | 80.7 | 7.9 | 79.1 | 8.2 |
| Median, range | 79 | 51, 102 | 78 | 53, 99 | 78 | 57, 95 | 81 | 51, 95 | 78 | 44, 95 | 81 | 51, 10 | 80 | 44, 102 |
| Sex, male (n, %) | 54 | 38.6 | 52 | 52.0 | 109 | 44.5 | 108 | 48.0 | 133 | 51.8 | 86 | 33.7 | 542 | 44.4 |
| Mini-Mental State Exam (out of 30) | ||||||||||||||
| Mean, SD | 13.0 | 7.3 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 11.1 | 6.8 | 13.6 | 8.2 | 13.7 | 7.7 | 12.2 | 7.0 | 12.6 | 7.5 |
| Median, range | 13.0 | 0, 29 | 10.5 | 0, 27 | 10.0 | 0, 28 | 14.0 | 0, 29 | 15.0 | 0, 28 | 13.0 | 0, 27 | 13.0 | 0,29 |
| Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist (out of 24) | ||||||||||||||
| Mean, SD | 11.0 | 3.7 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 10.1 | 4.2 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 11.3 | 4.4 | 9.3 | 3.9 | 10.2 | 4.2 |
| Median, range | 10.6 | 0, 22 | 9.0 | 0, 22 | 10.0 | 0,21 | 9.4 | 2, 23 | 11.0 | 1.3, 22 | 9.0 | 1, 21 | 10.0 | 0, 23 |
| Limitations in Activities of Daily Living (out of 6) | ||||||||||||||
| Mean, SD | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| Median, range | 3.0 | 0, 6 | 4.0 | 0, 6 | 4.0 | 0, 6 | 3.0 | 0, 6 | 4.0 | 0, 6 | 4.0 | 0, 6 | 3.0 | 0, 6 |
| Limitations in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (out of 8) | ||||||||||||||
| Mean, SD | 7.5 | .9 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 1.3 |
| Median, range | 8.0 | 3, 8 | 8.0 | 3, 8 | 8.0 | 2, 8 | 7.0 | 1, 8 | 8.0 | 2, 8 | 8.0 | 1, 8 | 8.0 | 1, 8 |
Notes: REACH = Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health SD = standard deviation.