Table 2.
Sample Characteristics by Group and Dyad Member at Baseline
| Characteristic | Usual Care (n=41) | Intervention (n=42) | Test Statistics | |||||
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| Patients | Caregivers | Patients | Caregivers | Patients | Caregivers | |||
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| Value | p Value | p | ||||||
| Age, years | 80.15 ± 8.48 | 67.80 ± 11.2 | 79.67 ± 9.19 | 66.00 ± 12.8 | −0.247a | .806 | −0.683a | .497 |
| Formal education completed, years | 13.49 ± 3.02 | 15.41 ± 3.93 | 12.71 ± 3.85 | 14.40 ± 2.80 | −1.020a | .312 | −1.350a | .181 |
| Number of medications | 10.61 ± 5.89 | 10.79 ± 5.52 | 0.140a | .889 | ||||
| Number of co-morbidities | 9.024 ± 4.21 | 6.44 ± 3.59 | 8.691 ± 3.57 | 7.86 ± 3.69 | −0.390a | .698 | 1.775a | .080 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 22 (54) | 29 (71) | 28 (67) | 29 (69) | 1.470b | 0.226 | 0.028b | 0.867 |
| Male | 19 (46) | 12 (29 | 14 (33) | 13 (31) | ||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 37 (90) | 37 (90) | 34 (81) | 34 (81) | 1.450d | .229d | 1.450d | .229d |
| Black | 3 (7) | 3 (7) | 3 (7) | 4 (10) | ||||
| Other | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 5 (12) | 4 (9) | ||||
| Relationship to patient | ||||||||
| Spouse | 25 (61) | 22 (52) | 0.713b | 0.700 | ||||
| Child | 13 (32) | 17 (40) | ||||||
| Othere | 3 (7) | 3 (7) | ||||||
| Medication Management Deficiency Variable | Value | p | ||||||
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| Medication Reconciliation | ||||||||
| Total | 1.440 ± 1.90 | 1.840 ± 2.26 | 0.816a | 0.417 | ||||
| 1 or more | 23 (56) | 23 (55) | 0.021b | 0.884 | ||||
| MedMaIDE | 0.692 ± .768 | 0.833 ± .745 | 1.702a | .093 | ||||
| Medication Deficiencies Checklist | 3.290 ± 1.833 | 2.880 ± 1.70 | −1.060a | .292 | ||||
a
T-test;
b
Chi-Square;
d
2x2 chi-sq performed with white/non-white;
e
other includes: Child-in-law, sibling, niece/nephew, niece/nephew-in-law, and tenant; MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; MedMaIDE: Medication Management Instrument for