Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Sample

Characteristics	Wait-list (n = 30)	Experimental (n = 30)	Total (n = 60)	Range	χ2	Z	p value
Dementia Patient
Age (Mean (SD)a	80.8 (9.5)	78.0 (9.2)	79.4 (9.4)	56.0 – 96.2		−1.30	.192
Gender (%)					1.07		.297
Male	63.3	50.0	56.7
Female	36.7	50.0	43.3
Race (%)					1.16		.559
White	80.0	73.3	76.7
African American	20.0	23.3	21.7
Other	0.0	3.3	1.6
Education (%)b					1.16		.559
≤ HS	60.7	48.3	54.4
≤ College	25.0	37.9	31.6
Graduate degree	14.3	13.8	14.0
MMSE (Mean (SD)c	12.2 (8.8)	11.0 (7.3)	11.6 (8.1)	0.0 – 27.0		−.72	.473
CSDD (Mean (SD)	8.1 (4.5)	9.2 (5.1)	8.7 (4.8)	1.0 – 20.0		−.68	.495
ADL	4.37 (2.1)	4.6 (2.3)	4.5 (2.2)	0.0 – 7.0		−.63	.529
IADL	7.4 (1.2)	7.8 (.5)	7.6 (.9)	3.0 – 8.0		−.84	.401
Self-rated health	3.2 (1.0)	3.2 (.9)	3.2 (.9)	1.0 – 5.0		−.23	.815
Caregiver
Age (Mean (SD)	67.9 (10.6)	62.8 (11.3)	65.4 (11.1)	47.2 – 89.7		−1.99	.047
Gender (%)					1.46		.228
Male	6.7	16.7	11.7
Female	93.3	83.3	88.3
Race (%)					1.16		.559
White	80.0	73.4	76.7
African American	20.0	23.3	21.7
Other	0.0	3.3	1.6
Education (%)a					.263		.877
≤HS	24.2	30.0	27.2
≤College	58.6	53.3	55.9
Graduate degree	17.2	16.7	16.9
Relationship to Patient (%)					1.76		.184
Spouse	70.0	53.3	61.7
Non-spouse	30.0	46.7	38.3
Financial Difficulty (Mean (SD)	2.0 (1.0)	1.7 (.8)	1.9 (.9)	1.0 – 4.0		−1.30	.195
Health (Mean (SD)
Self-rated health	9.0 (2.0)	1.7 (.8)	9.0 (2.3)	3.0 – 12.0		−.33	.742
Health behaviors	3.0 (1.5)	2.8 (1.7)	2.9 (1.6)	0.0 – 5.0		−.49	.625

Note: MMSE = Mini Mental Status Examination; CSDD = Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia; ADL = Activities of Daily Living; IADL = Instrumental ADL

^aN = 59;

^bN = 57;

^cN = 58