Table 3. Dyad characteristics.

Characteristics	Total (n = 86)	Nonintervention group (n = 42)	Intervention group (n = 44)	p-value
Patient characteristics, n (%) or mean (SD)
Female	51 (59)	28 (67)	23 (52)	0.08
Race:				1.0 0
– Black	39 (45)	19 (45)	20 (45)
– White	39 (45)	19 (45)	20 (45)
Widowed	45 (52)	24 (57)	21 (48)	0.30
High school education or above	81 (94)	41 (98)	40 (91)	0.40
Delirium at admission	36 (42)	17 (4 0)	19 (4 4)	0.75
Admitted from private residence	84 (98)	41 (98)	43 (98)	1.00
Age, years	82.4 (7.6)	83.8 (6.5)	81.0 (8.5)	0.18
AD8 score	4.2 (2.1)	4.4 (2.0)	4.0 (2.1)	0.49
Preadmission Barthel score	84.9 (20.7)	80.6 (25.1)	88.9 (14.9)	0.15
Charlson co-morbidity index	3.7 (2.5)	3.2 (2.0)	4.0 (2.6)	0. 31
Family caregiver characteristics, n (%)
Relationship to patient:				0.02
– Female spouse	20 (23)	12 (2 9)	8 (18)
– Male spouse	13 (15)	9 (21)	4 (9)
– Daughter	33 (39)	17 (4 0)	16 (36)
– Son	12 (14)	2 (5)	10 (23)
– Other	8 (9)	2 (5)	6 (14)
Race:				0.33
– Black	40 (46)	19 (45)	21 (48)
– White	39 (45)	19 (45)	20 (46)
Married	59 (69)	31 (74)	28 (64)	0.60
Some college education or higher	58 (67)	28 (67)	30 (68)	0.58
Age, years:				0.70
– 31–45	5 (6)	3 (7)	2 (5)
– 46–65	45 (52)	20 (48)	25 (57)
– 66–80	19 (22)	10 (24)	9 (20)
– Over 80	17 (20)	9 (21)	8 (18)
Employment outside the home	46 (54)	22 (52)	24 (55)	0.47

SD: Standard deviation.