Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and experience with Alzheimer's disease of study participants from St. Vincent Health and Community Health Network.
| St. Vincent Health (n = 278) % |
Community Health Network (n = 122) % |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 0.051 | ||
| 65–69 | 32.3 | 20.5 | |
| 70–74 | 20.6 | 22.1 | |
| 75–79 | 20.6 | 19.7 | |
| ≥80 | 26.5 | 37.7 | |
| Gender | 0.172 | ||
| Female | 66.9 | 73.8 | |
| Race | <0.001 | ||
| White | 78.1 | 96.7 | |
| African American | 20.9 | 2.5 | |
| Other | 1.1 | 0.8 | |
| Education, years | 0.003 | ||
| 0–11 | 4.3 | 12.3 | |
| ≥12 | 95.7 | 87.7 | |
| Housing status | 0.063 | ||
| Living alone | 33.7 | 43.4 | |
| Living with someone | 66.3 | 56.6 | |
| Marital status | 0.030 | ||
| Married | 55.8 | 45.1 | |
| Widowed | 28.3 | 43.4 | |
| Divorced | 11.6 | 8.2 | |
| Never married | 4.3 | 3.3 | |
| Income | 0.124 | ||
| <$10,000 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |
| $10,000–$19,999 | 17.3 | 20.4 | |
| $20,000–$39,999 | 28.4 | 38.8 | |
| ≥$40,000 | 50.2 | 35.7 | |
| Do you have a relative or friend with Alzheimer's disease? | 0.189 | ||
| Yes | 44.8 | 37.7 | |
| Do you believe that you are at higher risk of Alzheimer's disease than others of your same age? | 0.243 | ||
| Yes | 13.2 | 9.1 | |
| Do you think you have more memory problems than others of your same age? | 0.348 | ||
| Yes | 7.6 | 5.0 | |
| Has a doctor told you that you have memory problems? | 0.911 | ||
| Yes | 1.8 | 1.6 | |
| Are you taking medication to help with memory? | 0.733 | ||
| Yes | 2.2 | 1.6 |