Table 1.
Characteristics of care recipients and caregivers and loss to follow-up
|
Characteristics of care recipients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Background variables | Experimental group (N=184) | Control group (N=193) | Total (N=377) |
| Frailty (GFI score) |
6.0 (2.0) |
5.8 (1.8) |
5.9 |
| Female* |
70% |
60% |
65% |
| Age |
81.8 (SD: 4.7) |
82.3 (SD: 5.3) |
82 |
| Partner (married or co-residing) |
37% |
42% |
39% |
| Single (or widowed) |
63% |
58% |
61% |
| Independent living |
72% |
82% |
77% |
| Assisted living/nursing home* |
28% |
18% |
23% |
| Receiving informal care |
144 (78.3%) |
118 (61.1%) |
262 (69.5%) |
|
Caregiver loss to follow-up |
61 |
42 |
103 (39.3%) |
|
Caregivers participating |
83 |
76 |
159 |
|
Characteristics of informal caregivers | |||
|
Background variables |
Experimental group (N=83) |
Control group (N=76) |
Total (N=159) |
| Female |
71.0% |
75.0% |
73% |
| Age* |
60.7 (SD: 12.2) |
65.6 (SD: 11.2) |
63.2 |
| Co-residing with care recipient |
28.9% |
40.8% |
34.9% |
| Relationship to care recipient: |
|
|
|
|
Partner |
26.5% |
36.8% |
31.6% |
|
Son/daughter |
68.7% |
51.3% |
60.0% |
|
Other (e.g. neighbor, friend) |
4.8% |
11.9% |
8.4% |
| Low education |
65.4% |
66.2% |
65.8% |
| High education |
34.6% |
33.8% |
34.2% |
| Low income |
58.0% |
65.8% |
61.9% |
| High income |
42.0% |
34.2% |
76.2% |
| Having life partner |
89.0% |
88.2% |
88.6% |
| Employed (yes) |
50.0% |
38.4% |
44.2% |
| Duration (in months) | 92.8 (SD: 93.8) | 97.3 (SD: 115.7) | 95.1 |
*p < 0.05.