Table 1. Socio-demographic and health characteristics of the 56 dyad members.

				Patients			Caregivers
				N	%		n	%
Sex		Women		21	37.5		36	64.3
		Men		35	62.5		20	35.7
Relationship to patient		Spouse					50	89.3
		Child					5	8.9
		Other					1	1.8
Educational level		Below 12th grade		25	44.6		24	42.9
		12th grade and above		31	55.4		32	57.1
Residual impairment domains		Motor		22	39.3
		Vision		12	21.4
		Sensory		28	50.0
		Language		18	32.1
		Memory		21	37.5
		Character		9	16.1
		Incontinence		6	10.7
Number of deficiencies		0		13	23.2
		1		10	17.9
		2		9	16.1
		3 or more		24	42.9
Age (mean, sd)				63.3 (15.3)			59.1 (13.8)