Table 2.
Caregivers’ background characteristics and outcome measure scores at baseline
| Experimental Group (N = 44) mean ± SD or N (%) |
Comparison Group (N = 46) mean ± SD or N (%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver background characteristics (range) | |||
| Age (Yrs) | 62.8 ± 12.5 | 67.4 ± 14.3 | .109 |
| Sex (Female) | 25 (56.8) | 29 (64.4) | .461 |
| Language of use (English) | 33 (76.7) | 37 (80.4) | .797 |
| Live with user (Yes) | 37 (84.1) | 39 (84.8) | .928 |
| Years of education | 14.3 ± 2.7 | 13.2 ± 3.4 | .108 |
| Employed (Yes) | 12 (27.9) | 13 (28.3) | .970 |
| Relationship with user | .390 | ||
| Spouse | 27 (61.4) | 35 (76.1) | |
| Child | 15 (34.1) | 10 (21.7) | |
| Extended kin or non-kin | 2 (4.5) | 1 (2.2) | |
| Years helping user | 7.3 ± 7.1 | 6.6 ± 11.2 | .169 |
| Average hours/week providing assistance | 29.2 ± 35.8 | 22.0 ± 23.9 | .506 |
| Average # of activities assisted with | 9.7 ± 3.4 | 10.0 ± 3.0 | .667 |
| Caregiver primary outcome | |||
| CATOM items 1-14 (14-70) | 47.1 ± 10.8 | 49.7 ± 10.2 | .236 |
| Caregiver secondary outcomes | |||
| CATOM items 15-18 (4-20) | 14.5 ± 4.1 | 15.1 ± 4.3 | .492 |
| CBI (0-56) | 20.5 ± 11.6 | 19.9 ± 12.4 | .811 |
| EQ-5D descriptive items (5-15) | 6.6 ± 1.5 | 6.6 ± 1.2 | .862 |
| EQ-5D perceived health (0-100) | 73.7 ± 19.4 | 78.9 ± 12.7 | .139 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%)
Abbreviations: CATOM Caregiver Assistive Technology Outcome Measurement, CBI Caregiver Burden Inventory, EQ-5D European Quality of Life index