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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Ther. 2010 Oct 15;42(1):78–88. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2009.11.006

Table 1.

Entire Sample
(N = 108)
HPLR
(N = 28)
HPHR/LPLR
(N = 43)
LPHR
(N = 37)
F, χ2 p-value
Age in Years, M (SD) 73.88 (8.02) 77.25 (6.54)a 71.44 (8.21)b 74.16 (8.04)a,b 4.80 .010
Female, n (%) 77 (71.3) 19 (67.9) 31 (72.1) 27 (73.0) 0.23 .893
Education, n (%)
  < High School 2 (1.9) 1 (3.6) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.7)
  High School Equivalent 19 (17.6) 5 (17.9) 6 (14.0) 8 (21.6)
  Some College 37 (34.3) 10 (35.7) 12 (27.9) 15 (40.5)
  College Graduate 50 (46.3) 12 (42.9) 25 (58.1) 13 (35.1) 5.37 .497
Years caregiving, M (SD) 4.23 (3.26) 4.25 (3.94) 4.63 (3.59) 3.73 (2.05) 0.75 .477
CDR Total, n (%)
  1 43 (39.8) 19 (67.9) 14 (32.6) 10 (27.0)
  2+ 65 (60.2) 9 (32.1) 29 (67.4) 27 (73.0) 12.66 .002
Total ADL/IADLs, M (SD) 9.29 (3.64) 7.07 (2.61)a 9.33 (3.90)b 10.92 (3.17)b 10.47 <.001
RMBPC Total, M (SD) 10.94 (3.89) 9.46 (3.82) 11.21 (3.67) 11.73 (3.98) 2.99 .055
Activity Restriction, M (SD) 15.94 (5.47) 10.93 (2.23) 15.30 (5.07) 20.48 (3.73) 45.44 <.001
Pleasant Events, M (SD) 30.80 (4.69) 35.35 (2.32) 30.77 (4.42) 27.40 (3.26) 39.13 <.001

Note. HPLR = High Pleasant Events + Low Activity Restriction; HPHR/LPLR = Either High Pleasant Events + High Activity Restriction or Low Pleasant Events + Low Activity Restriction; LPHR = Low Pleasant Events + High Activity Restriction. ADL = Activities of Daily Living; IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; RMBPC = Revised Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist. Cells with different superscripts denote significant differences.