Table 2.

Participant characteristics (N = 102)

Characteristics	Mean (SD) or N (%) a
Age (years)	55 (11)
Gender
Female	82 (80.4%)
Male	20 (19.6%)
Ethnicity
Chinese	90 (88.2%)
Malay	5 (4.9%)
Indian	6 (5.9%)
Others	1 (1.0%)
Education
Primary or below	3 (2.9%)
Secondary	27 (26.5%)
Post-secondary	72 (70.6%)
Relationship with patient
Spouse	5 (4.9%)
Son or daughter	88 (86.3%)
Others relatives	9 (8.8%)
Hours caregiving per week	44 (22)
Caregiver role
Only person	21 (20.6%)
Primary person	31 (30.4%)
One of the few persons	50 (49.0%)
Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) of PWD
Mild (1 to 5)	51 (50%)
Moderate-to-severe (6a to 7f)	51 (50%)

^aMean and standard deviation (SD) for continuous variables; frequency (N) and percent for categorical variables