Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of patient and caregiver dyads at T = 0, T = 6 and T = 12 months
| |
T = 0 (n = 175) |
T = 6 (n = 151) |
T = 12 (n = 144) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | ||
|
Patient | |||||||
| Age |
|
78.6 (5.7) |
|
78.5 (5.8) |
|
78.4 (5.7) |
|
| Female |
106 (60.6%) |
|
90 (59.6%) |
|
88 (38.9%) |
|
|
| Type of dementia | |||||||
| |
Alzheimer |
105 (60%) |
|
93 (61.6%) |
|
89 (61.8%) |
|
| |
Vascular |
15 (8.6%) |
|
9 (6.0%) |
|
7 (4.9%) |
|
| |
Mixed |
49 (28.0%) |
|
43 (28.5%) |
|
43 (29.9%) |
|
| |
Other |
6 (3.4%) |
|
6 (4.0%) |
|
5 (3.5%) |
|
| CDR | |||||||
| |
0.5 |
8 (4.6%) |
|
8 (5.3%) |
|
6 (4.2%) |
|
| |
1 |
139 (19.4%) |
|
120 (79.5%) |
|
117 (81.3%) |
|
| |
2 |
28 (16.0%) |
|
23 (15.2%) |
|
21 (14.6%) |
|
|
Caregiver | |||||||
| Age |
|
64.0 (13.2) |
|
64.1 (13.2) |
|
64.3 (13.2) |
|
| Female |
123 (70.3%) |
|
106 (70.2%) |
|
101 (70.1%) |
|
|
| Relation to patient | |||||||
| |
Spouse |
94 (53.7%) |
|
83 (55%) |
|
80 (55.6%) |
|
| |
Child |
72 (41.1%) |
|
59 (39.1%) |
|
55 (38.2%) |
|
| Other | 9 (5.1%) | 9 (6.0%) | 9 (6.3%) | ||||