. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 3.

Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2011 Mar;24(1):50–59. doi: 10.1177/0891988710397548

Table 1.

Group demographics, medical diagnoses, and self-report measures

	Caregivers (n = 20)	Non-caregivers (n = 20)	Sig. (p)
Demographics
Gender (Number females/males)	18/2	18/2	1.00
Age (years), Mean (range, SD)	64.50 (50–76, 7.13)	66.95 (55–76, 7.89)	.309
Education level (years), Mean (SD)	15.75 (2.07)	16.40 (2.52)	.379
Employment status (% employed)^**	5	40	.008
Medical diagnoses
Hypertension (%)	50	30	.197
History of depression (%)	10	5	.548
Other medical diagnoses (%)	45	50	.752
Self-reports
PSS, Mean (SD)^**	19.15 (5.72)	12.50 (7.22)	.004
CESD-10, Mean (SD)^***	10.80 (4.56)	4.95 (4.15)	.000
SF-36 (Q. 9), Mean (SD)^**	25.80 (6.30)	32.80 (7.73)	.004
PSQI, Mean (SD)^***	8.31 (3.38)	4.35 (2.30)	.000
ESS, Mean (SD)	6.63 (4.43)	5.05 (3.22)	.315

^***

p < .001,

^**

p < .01

Abbreviations: PSS= Perceived Stress Scale, CESD-10 = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (10-item version), PSQI = Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, ESS = Epworth Sleepiness Scale.