Table 1.
Demographics and other sample characteristics
| Wait-list control (n = 42) |
Intervention (n = 62) |
|
|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | ||
| Caregiver | ||
| Age | 63.4 (10.9) | 62.5 (9.9) |
| Sex (% women) | 79 | 69 |
| Years of education | 15.7 (2.8) | 15.6 (2.9) |
| Years spent caring | 3.0 (2.6) | 4.3 (4.5) |
| Living with individual (%) | 59 | 53 |
| Baseline BDI | 11.7 (7.1) | 11.8 (7.7) |
| Baseline BAI | 7.7 (7.2) | 8.1 (8.0) |
| Baseline PSS | 16.3 (5.6) | 16.0 (6.5) |
| Baseline CBI | 34.3 (12.2) | 34.9 (15.3) |
| Individual with dementia | ||
| Age | 78.6 (9.5) | 78.2 (10.8) |
| FAST stage | 5.7 (1.3) | 5.7 (1.2) |
Abbreviations: BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; CBI, Caregiver Burden Inventory; FAST, the Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging Tool; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale.