Table 1.
Caregiver sample characteristics
| Whole sample (n = 448) | Extended half-life factor product (n = 49) | Conventional factor product (n = 399) | Test statistic comparing extended half-life versus conventional factor product groups | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver age | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 39.22 (8.70) | 38.47 (8.55) | 39.31 (8.72) | T = 0.5585 | 0.577 |
| Caregiver gender | |||||
| Male (%) | 11% | 8% | 12% | Fisher’s exact = 0.623 | 0.634 |
| Female (%) | 88% | 92% | 88% | ||
| Missing (%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Caregiver education | |||||
| High school or less (%) | 14% | 14% | 14% | Fisher’s exact | 0.210 |
| Some college (%) | 39% | 43% | 38% | ||
| College (%) | 31% | 37% | 30% | ||
| Graduate degree (%) | 16% | 6% | 17% | ||
| Race | |||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native (%) | 3% | 4% | 3% | Fisher’s exact | 0.643 |
| Middle Eastern (%) | 1% | 0% | 1% | Fisher’s exact | 1.000 |
| South Asian (%) | 1% | 0% | 1% | Fisher’s exact | 1.000 |
| Other Asian (%) | 3% | 0% | 3% | Fisher’s exact | 0.378 |
| Black or African American (%) | 8% | 8% | 8% | Fisher’s exact | 1.000 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (%) | 1% | 0% | 1% | Fisher’s exact | 1.000 |
| Caucasian (%) | 81% | 88% | 80% | Fisher’s exact | 0.249 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Never married (%) | 8% | 6% | 8% | Fisher’s exact | 0.717 |
| Married (%) | 73% | 73% | 73% | ||
| Cohabitation/domestic partnership (%) | 4% | 6% | 4% | ||
| Separated (%) | 3% | 6% | 3% | ||
| Divorced (%) | 10% | 8% | 11% | ||
| Widowed (%) | 1% | 0% | 1% | ||
| Missing (%) | 0% | 0% | 1% | ||
| Number of children | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 1.93 (1.20) | 1.92 (1.34) | 1.93 (1.18) | T = 0.0493 | 0.961 |
| Number of children with hemophilia | |||||
| 0 (%) | 15% | 18% | 15% | T = 1.0836 | 0.279 |
| 1 (%) | 67% | 69% | 67% | ||
| 2 (%) | 15% | 10% | 15% | ||
| 3 (%) | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| 4 (%) | 1% | 0% | 1% | ||
| Number of people caring for with hemophilia | |||||
| 1 (%) | 77% | 84% | 76% | T = 1.2104 | 0.227 |
| 2 (%) | 19% | 14% | 20% | ||
| 3 (%) | 3% | 2% | 3% | ||
| 4 (%) | 1% | 0% | 1% | ||
| 5 (%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Relationship to care recipient | |||||
| Son (%) | 75% | 78% | 74% | Fisher’s exact | 0.141 |
| Daughter (%) | 2% | 0% | 2% | ||
| Children (%) | 14% | 6% | 15% | ||
| Brother (%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Other family member (%) | 6% | 14% | 6% | ||
| Multiple family members (%) | 3% | 2% | 3% | ||
| Number of years caring for patient | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 10.45 (6.95) | 10.80 (6.42) | 10.41 (7.01) | T = − 0.3669 | 0.714 |
| Insurance typea | |||||
| Private (%) | 73% | 65% | 74% | Fisher’s exact | 0.232 |
| Medicare, Medicaid, CHAMPUS, HIS, Supplemental (%) | 26% | 29% | 26% | Fisher’s exact | 0.732 |
| Does not have insurance (%) | 5% | 10% | 4% | Fisher’s exact | 0.067 |
aPercentages may add up to more than 100 because people can have more than one type of insurance