Table 1.

Characteristics of survey respondents

Participant characteristics	Consensus diagnosis
	CN (n = 37)	MCI (n = 32)	Dementia (n = 22)
Age, mean (SD)	72.46 (10.4)	69.94 (9.5)	73.55 (11.4)
Education, mean (SD)	17.22 (1.9)	16.78 (2.7)	19.73 (17.9)
Female sex, n (%)	16 (43.2%)	16 (50.0%)	6 (27.3%)
Race, n (%)
White	35 (97.2%)	29 (90.6%)	18 (81.8%)
African-American	0 (0.0%)	3 (9.4%)	1 (4.6%)
Asian	1 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (9.1%)
Other	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.6%)
Hispanic, n (%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)	1 (4.6%)
Marriage status, n (%)
Married	25 (67.6%)	22 (68.8%)	17 (77.3%)
Widowed	6 (16.2%)	1 (3.1%)	3 (13.6%)
Divorced	3 (8.1%)	6 (18.8%)	2 (9.1%)
Never married	2 (5.4%)	3 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)
Living as married	1 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Partner involvement, n (%)
No help	29 (80.6%)	25 (80.7%)	2 (9.1%)
Less than half	5 (13.9%)	1 (3.2%)	0 (0%)
More than half	2 (5.6%)	5 (16.1%)	13 (59.1%)
Together	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (31.8%)
Living situation, n (%)
Lives alone	7 (18.9%)	8 (25.0%)	3 (13.6%)
Lives with spouse or partner	22 (59.5%)	20 (62.5%)	16 (72.7%)
Lives with relative or friend	2 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.6%)
Lives with group	4 (10.8%)	1 (3.1%)	1 (4.6%)
Other	2 (5.4%)	3 (9.4%)	1 (4.6%)
Independence, n (%)
Able to live independently	36 (97.3%)	31 (96.9%)	8 (36.4%)
Requires some assistance with complex activities	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)	12 (54.6%)
Requires some assistance with basic activities	1 (2.7%)	0 (0%)	1 (4.5%)
Completely dependent	0 (0.0%)	0 (0%)	1 (4.5%)

“Partner Involvement” refers to how much the study partner assisted the patient in completing the survey

“Independence” refers to how well participants can perform daily activities

CN cognitively normal, MCI mild cognitive impairment, SD standard deviation