Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of persons with mild dementia and family caregivers.
| Persons with dementia | Family caregivers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 40) | (n = 38) | |||
| Characteristic | n (%)a | Mean (SD) | n (%)a | Mean (SD) |
| Age | 77.5(8.24) | 56.9(12.32) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 19 (48) | 6 (16) | ||
| Female | 21 (53) | 32 (84) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 29 (72) | 29 (76) | ||
| Single | 7 (18) | |||
| Widowed | 11 (28) | 2 (5) | ||
| Educational level | ||||
| None | 3 (8) | |||
| ≤ Junior high school | 16 (40) | 7 (18) | ||
| ≥ High school | 21 (53) | 31 (82) | ||
| Characteristics for persons with mild dementia only | ||||
| Other illnesses or diseases | ||||
| None | 14 (35) | |||
| 1 to 2 | 20 (50) | |||
| 3 to 4 | 6 (15) | |||
| Months since diagnosis (range = 1–54) | 27.0 (23.50) | |||
| Informed or aware of diagnosis | ||||
| Yes | 27 (68) | |||
| No | 13 (33) | |||
| MMSE score (range = 7–29) | 20.5 (4.83) | |||
| CDR score (mild dementia range, 0.5–1.0) | ||||
| 0.5 points | 14 (35) | |||
| 1.0 point | 26 (65) | |||
| ADL (Range = 0–100) | 95.1 (10.71) | |||
| Characteristics for family caregivers only | ||||
| Religion | ||||
| None | 14 (37) | |||
| Buddhism or Taoism | 17 (45) | |||
| Christian | 6 (16) | |||
| Other | 1 (3) | |||
| Relationship to patient | ||||
| Spouse | 13 (34) | |||
| Child | 24 (63) | |||
| Daughter-in-law | 1 (3) | |||
| Self-reported health status | ||||
| Poor | 4 (11) | |||
| Good | 23 (60) | |||
| Excellent | 11 (29) | |||
| Number of daily caregiving hours | 13.0 (9.30) | |||
Note: SD = standard deviation; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating scale; ADL = activities of daily living.
a Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond with the sum of the separate figures.