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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Nurs Res. 2017 Jan 10;27(2):148–161. doi: 10.1177/1054773816688817

Table 1.

Sample Demographic Characteristics

Characteristics Patient
(n=27)
Caregiver
(n=27)

Mean (SD) or
proportion
Mean (SD) or
proportion
Age (in years) 76.6 (9.6) 64.12 (14.3)

Gender (n=Female) 12 20

Dyadic Relationship
(n)
  Spouse 15
  Adult child 7
  Other (friend,
  relative)
3
  Unknown 2

Race/Ethnicity (%)
  White 100% 100%
  Black

Education (n)
  HS or less 20 15
  Some college* 2 6
  College or
  advanced degree
5 6

Income to make ends
meet (n)
  More than enough 6 7
  Enough 16 13
  Not enough 5 5
  Unknown 0 2

Note. SD-standard deviation; HS- high school

*

Some college-attended college but no degree conferred