Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics for caregivers and patients

Characteristic	Caregiver	Patient
	(n = 500)	(n = 500)
Gender (%)
Female	65.3	43.8
Male	34.7	56.2
Age (years), mean ± SD	50.2 ± 13.1	39.9 ± 13.5
Minimum, maximum	19, 88	18, 84
Ethnicity, % Caucasian	87.8	87.5
Marital status (%)
Married/cohabitating	74.0	43.0
Divorced/widowed/separated	18.0	15.8
Never married	8.0	41.2
Relation to patient (%)
Parent	37.6
Spouse	36.4
Other	26.0
Living with patient (%)	64.8
Employment (%)
Full-time	55.2	31.7
Part-time	12.2	14.5
Retired	15.3	5.5
Unemployed/student	17.3	48.4
Education (years), mean ± SD	14.5 ± 2.3	14.1 ± 2.3
Age of onset (years), mean ± SD		16.0 ± 3.7
Minimum, maximum		0, 20
Global Assessment of Functioning scale score (mean ± SD)		66.3 ± 11.5
Alcohol/substance abuse (%)		7.4
Caregiver general health, mean ± SD
Baseline (n = 495)	3.1 ± 0.8
6 months (n = 404)	3.0 ± 0.8
12 months (n = 423)	3.1 ± 0.8
Caregiver depression (CES-D), mean ± SD
Baseline (n = 466)	10.0 ± 10.0
6 months (n = 400)	9.5 ± 10.3
12 months (n = 401)	8.8 ± 10.0
Patient clinically significant SI (%)
Baseline (n = 493)		12.4
6 months (n = 331)		10.6
12 months (n = 296)		5.6
Patient depression (SUM-D), mean ± SD
Baseline (n = 487)		2.9 ± 2.7
6 months (n = 327)		2.7 ± 2.5
12 months (n = 293)		2.5 ± 2.6
Patient history of suicide attempt (%)		37.0
Current clinical status
Major depression (%)		29.0

CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies of Depression Scale; SI = suicidal ideation; SUM-D = continuous symptom subscale for depression.