Table 2.
Participant and Collateral Means and Standard Deviations on the GAI for each Demographic Category and Relationships between Demographic Variables and Participant-Collateral Discrepancies on the GAI
| Participant (P) GAI |
Collateral (C) GAI |
C-P discrepancy on the GAI |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | n | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | za | P |
| Participant Gender | ||||||
| Male | 18 | 8.5 (5.7) | 8.6 (6.4) | 0.1 (5.5) | −2.2 | 0.03 |
| Female | 22 | 3.9 (4.8) | 8.2 (4.2) | 4.3 (4.9) | ||
| Collateral Gender | ||||||
| Male | 7 | 0.6 (1.1) | 5.9 (4.6) | 5.3 (5.1) | 1.4 | 0.17 |
| Female | 33 | 7.1 (5.6) | 8.9 (5.3) | 1.8 (5.5) | ||
| Relationship Typeb | ||||||
| Spousal | 19 | 7.2 (6.3) | 8.7 (6.1) | 1.5 (6.4) | 1.1 | 0.29 |
| Filial | 18 | 4.3 (4.6) | 8.2 (4.3) | 3.9 (4.7) | ||
| Living Arrangement | ||||||
| Living together | 28 | 6.4 (5.9) | 8.5 (5.5) | 2.1 (5.8) | 0.2 | 0.85 |
| Living separately | 12 | 5.1 (5.1) | 8.1 (4.8) | 3.0 (5.0) |
GAI = Geriatric Anxiety Inventory
a
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney U tests of between-group differences in discrepancies between participants and collaterals. One GAIcollateral score was omitted due to missing data.
b
Three dyads whose relationship belonged in neither category (n = 3) were excluded from this analysis.