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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2020 Mar-Apr;35(2):101–106. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000635

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants (N=80; 40 dyads)

Characteristics Total sample (N=80) Patients (n=40) Caregivers (n=40) Paired- t test/ χ2 P-value
Mean ± SD or n (%)

Age, years 59.7 ± 16.4 62.6 ± 15.2 57.6± 17.1 .014
Gender, male 32 (40.0%) 24 (60%) 8 (20.0%) < .001
Marital status, married/ co-habitants 69 (86.3%) 36 (90%) 33 (82.5%) < .001
Ethnicity, non-Hispanic white 65 (81.3%) 31 (77.5%) 33 (82.5%) < .001
Education, ≤ High school diploma 26 (32.5%) 11 (27.5%) 15 (37.5%) .273