Table 2.
Socio‐demographic characteristics of caregivers and their care recipients with dementia (N = 258).
| Description of persons with dementia | |
| Age, Mean (SD) | 80·14 (13·20) year |
| Gender, N (%) | |
| Female | 177 (68·6%) |
| Types of dementia | |
| Alzheimer's disease | 40 (15·5%) |
| Non‐Alzheimer's disease | 218 (84·5%) |
| Resident status, N (%) | |
| Home setting | 136 (52·7%) |
| Living with the caregiver | 56 (21·7%) |
| Description of their caregivers | |
| Age (year), Mean (SD) | 51·95 (12·48) year |
| Time spent for caregiving per week, Mean (SD) | 28·51 (47·26) hours |
| Duration of caregiving, Mean (SD) | 4·89 (7·15) years |
| Gender, N (%) | |
| Female | 165 (64%) |
| Primary caregiver, N (%) | |
| Yes | 116 (45%) |
| Relationship with persons with dementia as, N (%) | |
| Spouse | 10 (3·9%) |
| Parent | 8 (3·1%) |
| Child or grandchild | 196 (75·9%) |
| Relative | 24 (9·3%) |
| Friend/ non‐relative/ neighbour | 19 (7·4%) |
| Missing | 1 (0·4%) |
| Education, N (%) | |
| High school or less | 102 (39·5%) |
| Some college or higher | 156 (60·5%) |
| Household income, N (%) | |
| Less than $30,000/year | 38 (14·7%) |
| $30,000/year or more | 193 (74·8%) |
| Missing data | 27 (10·5%) |
| Subjective responses of care‐giving stress, Mean (SD) | |
| Physical strain | 2·41 (1·27) |
| Emotional stress | 3·20 (1·21) |
| Financial hardship | 2·96 (0·76) |
| Health status, Mean (SD) | 3·62 (1·05) |
| Diverse types of Internet use, Mean (SD) | 2·73 (1·61) |
| Frequency of Internet use, N (%) | |
| Often | 70 (27·1%) |
| Sometimes | 108 (41·9%) |
| Rarely | 80 (31·0%) |