Table 2.
Caregiver demographics | Informal caregivers | PD patients |
---|---|---|
Sample size (n) | 11 | 11 |
Gender (n, %) | ||
Female | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) |
Male | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) |
Age (mean, SD) | 65 (8.2) | 65 (5.9) |
Range | 51–80 | 56–72 |
Years of education (mean, SD) | 16.8 (1.8) | 17 (2.2) |
Range | 14–21 | 12–20 |
Marital status (%) | ||
Married | 90.9 | 90.9 |
Divorced | 9.1 | 9.1 |
Length of caregiving in months (mean, SD) | 63.5 (55.2) | — |
Range | 0–182 | |
Income (%) | ||
<$10,000 | 18.2 | 18.2 |
$10,000–$19,999 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
$20,000–$34,999 | 27.3 | 18.2 |
$35,000–$49,999 | 18.2 | 27.3 |
$50,000–$99,999 | 27.3 | 9.1 |
>$100,000 | — | 18.2 |
Hoehn and Yahr (n, %) | ||
Stage I | — | — |
Stage I.5 | — | — |
Stage II | — | 6 (54.5) |
Stage II.5 | — | 3 (27.3) |
Stage III | — | 1 (9.1) |
Stage IV | — | 1 (9.1) |
MoCA (mean, SD), range | — | 25.5 (4.0), 14–28 |
Deep brain stimulation (n,%) | — | 3 (27.3) |
ZBI (mean, SD), range | 24.1 (9.6), 14–40 | — |
ZBI (scores range from 0 to 48 with higher scores indicating worse levels of burden; >17 = high burden).
MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; SD, standard deviation; ZBI, Zarit Burden Inventory.