Table 2.

Baseline QOL total by caregiver demographics for each study

	ACTIVE				ACCESS				PISCES
	Frequency		QOL Total		Frequency		QOL Total		Frequency		QOL Total
Characteristic	N	%	M	SD	N	%	M	SD	N	%	M	SD
Overall	263	100.0	27.8	7.5	84	100.0	24.5	8.9	49	100.0	29.3	6.3
Gender
Male	53	20.3	26.9	8.2	20	23.8	25.9	9.1	13	26.5	30.1	5.8
Female	210	79.8	28.0	7.3	64	76.2	24.0	8.8	36	73.5	29.1	6.8
Age
Unknown	3	1.1							2	4.1
20–50 years	57	21.7	25.8	8.6	24	28.6	23.0	8.2	4	8.2	23.5	2.4
51–65 years	120	45.6	27.8	7.2	42	50.0	23.9	8.7	20	40.8	29.7	6.7
66+ years	83	31.6	29.1	7.0	18	21.4	27.8	9.9	23	46.9	30.3	5.5
Education
Unknown	2	0.7
H.S./GED or less	79	30.0	26.4	8.53	23	27.4	26.6	8.3	3	6.1	28.3	3.1
Some college, trade school, other	91	34.6	27.7	7.7	30	35.7	23.9	9.4	9	18.4	25.0	7.2
Undergrad degree	56	21.3	28.6	6.6	19	22.6	21.4	7.5	24	49.0	31.1	5.0
Graduate degree	35	13.3	30.0	5.5	12	14.3	26.4	10.0	13	26.5	29.2	7.2
Income
Unknown	28	10.6			8	9.5
< 20k	58	22.0	23.7	7.4	12	14.3	18.4	10.3
20–40k	85	32.3	27.1	7.9	16	19.0	22.0	6.5
40–70k	43	16.3	30.2	6.4	16	19.0	26.2	8.4
> 70k	49	18.6	30.9	5.7	32	38.1	26.8	8.8
Lives with patient
Unknown					3	3.6
No	159	60.5	28.3	7.1	41	48.8	25.5	8.2	30	61.2	29.8	6.4
Yes	104	39.5	27.0	8.1	40	47.6	23.3	9.4	19	38.8	28.5	6.1