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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Jan 4;56(3):421–428. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01593.x

Table 1. Descriptive Characteristics.

Variable Enhanced Treatment Usual Care
(N=191) (N=194)
Female caregiver, n (%) 103 (53.9) 126 (65.0)
Age of caregiver, mean (±SD) 71.55 (8.71) 71.03 (9.46)
Age of care recipient, mean (±SD) 73.67 (8.19) 74.60 (8,23)
Global Deterioration Scale = 4, n (%) 71 (37.2) 63 (32.5)
Global Deterioration Scale = 5, n (%) 85 (44.5) 73 (37.6)
Global Deterioration Scale ≥ 6, n (%) 35 (18.3) 58 (29.9)
Caregiver Geriatric Depression Scale, mean (±SD) 8.97 (5.73) 10.33 (7.11)
Caregiver Modified Zarit Burden Scale, mean (±SD) 25.55 (9.46) 26.87 (10.86)

NOTE: Sample is the subset of 385 caregivers who provided sufficient follow-up data for the analyses.