. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 10.

Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2010 Oct 8;20(3):371–381. doi: 10.1007/s11136-010-9753-y

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for research participants at baseline

Characteristics	Patient (N = 134)	Spouse (N = 134)	P
Mean age (year) (SD, range)	62.57 (9.22, 42–90)	58.92 (9.65, 34–84)	<.001^*
Mean education (year) (SD, range)	16.13 (3.63, 8–29)	14.68 (2.68, 8–22)	<.001^*
Mean years of marriage (SD, range)	31.75 (14.26, .33–65)		–
Family income (%)
<$30,000	6.5		–
$30,001–$50,000	22.0
$50,001–$75,000	18.7
>$75, 001	52.8
% Presently working			.01^**
No	54.5	42.5
Yes	45.5	57.5
% Having other health problems			.17^**
No	41.8	50.7
Yes	58.2	49.3

by paired t test

^**

by McNemar’s test