Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Home Care Clients and Home Care Aides

Variables	All Percent or Mean (Range)	Family Dyads Percent or Mean (Range)	Nonfamily Dyads Percent or Mean (Range)	p
Clients	N = 50	N = 18	N = 32
Age, years	76.9 (63–101)	74.9 (63–90)	78.0 (63–101)	n.s.
Female	78.0	83.3	75.0	n.s.
African American	96.0	94.4	96.9	n.s.
Education
Less than high school	32.0	33.3	31.3	n.s.
High school or pass GED	40.0	44.4	37.5	n.s.
Some college/trade school	22.0	22.2	21.9	n.s.
College or above	6.0	0	9.4	n.s.
Not married currently	92.0	94.4	90.6	n.s.
Live alone	58.0	33.3	71.9	0.008
Frequent contact with family/friends	68.0	77.8	62.5	n.s.
Number of chronic conditions	5.5 (2–10)	5.6 (2–10)	5.4 (2–8)	n.s.
Health insurance
Medicare only	40.0	44.4	37.5	n.s.
Medicaid only	4.0	0	6.3	n.s.
Medicare and Medicaid	50.0	44.4	53.1	n.s.
Duration of HCA–client relationship (months)	22.7 (1–108)	14.0 (2–58)	27.6 (1–108)	0.06
Exercise minutes/week	109.14 (0–820)	91.9 (0–390)	118.8 (0–820)	n.s.
Home care aides	N = 42	N = 17*	N = 26*
Age, years	48.8 (22–73)	48.5 (28–63)	49.0 (22–73)	n.s.
Female	95.2	88.2	100	0.070
African American	92.9	94.1	92.3	n.s.
Education
Less than high school	9.5	0	15.4	0.090
High school or pass GED	31.0	35.3	30.8	n.s.
Some college or trade school	54.8	58.8	50	n.s.
College or above	4.8	5.9	3.9	n.s.
Not married currently	83.3	70.6	92.3	0.060
Live alone	19.1	23.5	15.4	n.s.
Number of chronic conditions	1.8 (0–6)	1.9 (0–6)	1.8 (0–4)	n.s.
Health insurance
Medicare only	9.5	5.9	11.5	n.s.
Medicaid only	28.6	35.3	26.9	n.s.
Medicare and Medicaid	19.1	5.9	26.9	0.080
HCA tenure (months)	77.3 (1–344)	33.4 (1–111)	106.9 (5–344)	0.002

Note: GED = General Educational Development; HCA = home care aides; n.s. = not significant. p Values were based on test of means or proportions between family and nonfamily dyads.

*One HCA cared for 1 family and 1 nonfamily clients. This HCA is represented in both family and non-family dyads in Table 1.