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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Support Care Cancer. 2015 Jun 12;24(1):327–336. doi: 10.1007/s00520-015-2797-3

Table 2. Caregiver baseline characteristics and primary outcomes assessed at baseline.

Overall N = 138 Enhanced-CTa Group N = 68 EDUCb Group N = 70

Age, mean in years (SD) 55.3 (13.2) 56.2 (12.7) 54.4 (13.7)

Female gender 115 (83.3) 56 (82.4) 59 (84.3)

Race
 White 106 (76.8) 51 (75.0) 55 (78.6)
 Black 25 (18.1) 13 (19.1) 12 (17.1)
 Other 7 (5.1) 4 (5.9) 3 (4.3)

Hispanic/Latino ethnicity 7 (5.1) 2 (2.9) 5 (7.1)

Marital Status: currently married 115 (83.3) 58 (85.3) 57 (81.4)

Currently working 68 (49.3) 32 (47.1) 36 (51.4)

Household finances: have difficulty or have to make adjustments to pay the bills1 33 (25.2) 18 (28.6) 15 (22.1)

Highest level of education
 High school graduate or less 41 (29.7) 24 (35.3) 17 (24.3)
 Some college, associate's degree, trade school 53 (38.4) 25 (36.8) 28 (40.0)
 College degree or higher 44 (31.9) 19 (27.9) 25 (35.7)

Number of months caring for loved one1, mean (SD) 19.4 (34.9) 18.0 (33.2) 20.7 (36.6)

Caregiver relationship to patient
 Spouse 93 (67.4) 45 (66.2) 48 (68.6)
 Child 20 (14.5) 11 (16.2) 9 (12.9)
 Parent 14 (10.1) 9 (13.2) 5 (7.1)
 Other2 11 (8.0) 3 (4.4) 8 (11.4)

Primary outcomes

Self-efficacy, mean (SD) 70.4 (17.8) 72.0 (17.4) 69.0 (18.3)

Stress management, mean (SD) 74.6 (23.8) 76.1 (22.3) 73.2 (25.4)

Preparation for caregiving, mean (SD) 2.9 (0.7) 2.9 (0.7) 2.8 (0.6)

Note, n (%) unless otherwise indicated, SD = standard deviation,

a

Enhanced Caregiver Training;

b

Education

1

Missing data: 7 caregivers have missing data for household finances, 6 caregivers randomized to ECT have missing data for months caring for loved one,

2

Other relationships include sibling (n = 2), fiancé (n=2), partner (n=1), boyfriend or girlfriend (n=3), cousin (n=1), friend (n=1), daughter-in-law (n=1)