Table 1.

Characteristics of caregivers and patients

Characteristic	All caregivers (N=348)	Cancer caregivers (n=139)	Non-cancer caregivers (n=209)	p value
Caregivers
Age, mean (SD)	60.9 (13.1)	58.8 (13.9)	62.3 (12.3)	0.02
Female (%)	73.0	70.5	74.6	0.40
White (%)	93.6	92.8	94.2	0.58
Relationship to patient (%)				<0.001
Adult child	51.4	39.6	59.3
Spouse or partner	28.5	39.6	21.1
Other	20.1	20.9	19.6
Bereaved (%)	49.1	56.8	44.0	0.02
Resides with patient (%)	47.7	60.4	39.2	<0.001
Amount of caregiving (%)				<0.001
<5 h/week	9.8	2.2	14.8
5–10 h/week	19.3	19.2	23.4
11–20 h/week	15.2	18.0	13.4
>20 h/week	55.8	66.9	48.3
Duration of caregiving (%)				<0.001
<1 year	28.2	44.6	17.2
1–3 years	23.0	27.3	20.1
≥3 years	48.9	28.1	62.7
Out-of-pocket expenses (%)	71.8	80.4	66.0	<0.01
Employed (%)	47.8	53.2	44.0	0.09
Patients
Cancer diagnosis (%)		39.9	60.1
Age, mean (SD)	80.4 (14.3)	72.2 (1.1)	85.7 (10.8)	<0.001
Female (%)	62.4	54.7	67.5	0.02
White (%)	93.4	92.0	94.2	0.42
Private residence (%)	59.8	79.9	46.4	<0.001