Table 1.

Gender, Country of origin and age of respondents

Characteristics	Initial survey respondents (N = 536)	Follow-up survey (caregivers BD) (N = 121)
Gender
Female	428(79.85)	101(83.47)
Location
Australiaa	264(49.25)	72(59.50)
USAa	178(33.21)	30(24.79)
UK	29(5.41)	6(4.96)
Canada	24(4.48)	5(4.13)
Otherb	41(7.65)	8(6.61)
Age inyears, mean ± SDc	47.36 ± 12.5d	53.23 ±11.6

Values are n (%) unless otherwise stated. Caregivers BD are adult caregivers of adults with bipolar disorder.

^aStatistically significant difference in country of origin.

^bSouth Africa, Ireland, France, Italy, Sweden, and Zambia.

^cFollow-up caregivers BD who were significantly older than the total sample and older than caregivers BD who only responded to the initial survey.

^dFor this category n = 533.