Table 2.
Family caregiver (n=294) characteristics
| Characteristic | No. | % |
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| Age, Mean (SD) | 65.5 (12.7) | |
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| Female gender | 214 | 72.8 |
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| Race | ||
| White | 268 | 91.2 |
| African-American/Black | 23 | 7.8 |
| Other | 3 | 1.0 |
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| Marital Status | ||
| Married or living with partner | 243 | 82.6 |
| Divorced or separated | 21 | 7.1 |
| Single | 20 | 6.8 |
| Widowed | 10 | 3.4 |
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| Socioeconomic Status (Total Household Income) | ||
| <$30,000 | 86 | 29.3 |
| $30,000–$49,999 | 72 | 24.5 |
| $50,000–$100,000 | 107 | 36.4 |
| >$100,000 | 29 | 9.9 |
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| Religion | ||
| Protestant | 224 | 76.2 |
| Catholic | 25 | 8.5 |
| No religious affiliation | 19 | 6.5 |
| Other | 26 | 8.8 |
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| Employment Status | ||
| Employed full or part time | 67 | 22.8 |
| Retired | 160 | 54.4 |
| Unemployed | 27 | 9.2 |
| Other | 40 | 13.6 |
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| Residence type | ||
| Urban/suburban | 156 | 53.1 |
| Rural | 138 | 46.9 |
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| Relationship to patient (This person is my…) | ||
| Spouse/partner | 177 | 60.2 |
| Parent | 47 | 16.0 |
| Child | 31 | 10.5 |
| Other family member | 16 | 5.4 |
| Sibling | 9 | 3.1 |
| Friend | 9 | 3.1 |
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| Months as a caregiver, Mean (SD) | 33.5 (40.3) | |
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| Care recipient age, Mean (SD) | 75.3 (6.6) | |
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| Care recipient male gender | 160 | 54.4 |
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| Care recipient cancer diagnosis | ||
| Lung | 114 | 38.8 |
| Head and neck | 62 | 21.1 |
| Leukemia/Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 30 | 10.2 |
| Ovarian | 28 | 9.5 |
| Pancreatic | 13 | 4.4 |
| Bladder and/or Kidney | 11 | 3.7 |
| Other | 36 | 12.6 |
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| Proportion of caregivers with… | ||
| High depressive symptoms | 122 | 41.5 |
| High anxiety symptoms | 100 | 34.0 |
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| My care recipient’s health is… | ||
| Poor or fair | 127 | 43 |
| Good | 116 | 40 |
| Very good or excellent | 51 | 17 |