. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 3.

Published in final edited form as: Fam Syst Health. 2017 Dec;35(4):463–473. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000293

Table 2.

Extent of supporters’ involvement with support recipients’ care

	Total	In-home recipient	Out-of-Home recipient

	N = 834	n = 257	n = 577	p^a
Time helping with healthcare
Any days/last 3 months^b	32.0%	56.7%	20.9%	<.001
Average days/month^c (SD)	1.31 (0.16)	3.48 (0.46)	0.35 (0.06)	<.001
Average hours/day^c (SD)	2.10 (0.16)	2.22 (0.27)	1.94 (0.14)	.383
Accompany into exam room^d	21.2%	45.0%	11.2%	<.001
Speak with provider via telephone^d	21.8%	37.6%	15.0%	<.001

Note: IADLs = Independent Activities of Daily Living.

Significance of the chi-square or t-test comparing in-home and out-of-home supporter recipients.

Any days vs. no days during the last three months.

Item only asked of respondents who indicated that they spent any days helping their recipients during the last three months.

Ever vs. never.