Table 1.
Demographic Information
| Characteristic | N = 335 |
|---|---|
| Caregiver descriptive data | |
| Age, M (SD) | 47.1 (14.5) |
| Years in caregiver role, M (SD) | 7.4 (4.6) |
| Gender, % | |
| Male | 14.6 |
| Female | 85.4 |
| Race, % | |
| White | 77.3 |
| Black | 14.3 |
| Other | 8.4 |
| Ethnicity, % | |
| Non-Hispanic | 90.1 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.9 |
| Relationship, % | |
| Spouse | 46.9 |
| Parent | 28.7 |
| Other family | 17.9 |
| Other | 2.6 |
| Education, % | |
| Less than high school | 5.7 |
| High school/equivalent | 13.4 |
| More than high school | 80.9 |
| Person with injury descriptive data | |
| Age, M (SD) | 41.5 (13.1) |
| Time since injury, M (SD) | 8.9 (6.3)a |
| MPAI-4 T score, M (SD) | 51.8 (14.7) |
| Gender, % | |
| Male | 84.4 |
| Female | 15.6 |
| Severity, % | |
| Mild | .6 |
| Complicated mild | 16.1 |
| Moderate | 12.2 |
| Severe | 40.6 |
| Penetrating | 3.9 |
| Unknown | 26.6a |
| Cause of injury, % | |
| Motor vehicle accident | 43.2 |
| Bicycle accident | 2.7 |
| Pedestrian struck by motor vehicle | 5.7 |
| Fall | 12.6 |
| Assault/gunshot | 12.6 |
| Struck by/thrown against object | 14.1 |
| Other | 5.5 |
| Unknown | 3.6 |
| Patient-reported outcomes, M (SD) | |
| EWBS | 44.5 (9.1) |
| RWBS | 45.6 (13.7) |
| TBI-CareQOL-Caregiver Specific Anxiety | 53.2 (9.7) |
| TBI-CareQOL-Caregiver Strain | 50.5 (10.5) |
| TBI-CareQOL-Feeling Trapped | 49.7 (9.3) |
| TBI-CareQOL-Feelings of Loss-Self | 49.3 (10.5) |
| PROMIS-Anxiety | 53.5 (10.7) |
| PROMIS-Depression | 52.5 (9.8) |
| PROMIS-Fatigue | 54.5 (10.6) |
| PROMIS-Anger | 52.2 (10.2) |
| PROMIS-Ability to Participate in SRA | 49.5 (10.7) |
| PROMIS-Emotional Support | 46.9 (10.1) |
| PROMIS-Satisfaction with SRA | 46.9 (9.7) |
| PROMIS-Social Isolation | 50.1 (11.3) |
| CAS-Perceived Burden | 45.8 (14.6) |
| CAS-Satisfaction | 43.4 (6.1) |
| CAS-Ideology | 14.6 (3.8) |
| CAS-Mastery | 13.6 (3.0) |
Note. For this sample, motor vehicle accidents include accidents/roll- overs resulting from improvised explosive devices. MPAI-4 = Mayo- Portland Adaptability Inventory; EWBS = Existential Well-Being subscale; TBI-CareQOL = Quality of Life in Caregivers of Traumatic Brain Injury; PROMIS = Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; CAS = Caregiver Appraisal Scale.
a
Available medical records for the military sample did not characterize severity or time since injury (n = 79) and caregivers provided other demographic information.