Table 2.
Family and Resident Characteristics at Baseline
| Study group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | EUC | Intervention | |||||
| Family Member Characteristics | N | % | N | % | N | % | p-value |
| All family members | 40 | 100.0 | 20 | 50.0 | 20 | 50.00 | |
| Age at time of consent, mean (SD) | 56.4 | (8.9) | 57.2 | (9.5) | 55.7 | (8.4) | .31 |
| Race | .31 | ||||||
| White/Caucasian | 39 | 97.50 | 19 | 95.0 | 20 | 100.0 | |
| Other | 1 | 2.50 | 1 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Gender | .72 | ||||||
| Male | 11 | 27.50 | 5 | 25.0 | 6 | 30.00 | |
| Female | 29 | 72.50 | 15 | 75.0 | 14 | 70.00 | |
| Distance from nursing home | .19 | ||||||
| Less than or equal to 1 hour away | 24 | 60.00 | 14 | 70.0 | 10 | 50.00 | |
| More than 1 hour away | 16 | 40.00 | 6 | 30.0 | 10 | 50.00 | |
| Outcomes measures, mean (SD) | |||||||
| Depression (PHQ-9) | 2.03 | (2.79) | 2.55 | (3.6) | 1.50 | (1.47) | .24 |
| Anxiety (GAD-7) | 2.10 | (3.07) | 2.10 | (2.9) | 2.10 | (3.34) | -- |
| Burden (Zarit) | 3.08 | (3.08) | 3.70 | (3.6) | 2.45 | (2.37) | .20 |
| Quality of life (CQLI-R) | 32.35 | (6.25) | 30.9 | (7.0) | 33.7 | (5.14) | .15 |
| Care satisfaction (NF-FSQ) | 75.33 | (8.92) | 72.8 | (9.3) | 77.8 | (8.00) | .07 |
| Resident Characteristics | |||||||
| All residents | 29 | 100.0 | 15 | 51.7 | 14 | 48.3 | |
| Gender | .56 | ||||||
| Male | 5 | 17.24 | 2 | 13.3 | 3 | 21.43 | |
| Female | 24 | 82.76 | 13 | 86.6 | 11 | 78.57 | |
| Race (White/Caucasian) | 29 | 100.0 | 15 | 100 | 14 | 100.0 | |
| Comorbidities | |||||||
| Dementia | 14 | 48.28 | 5 | 33.3 | 9 | 64.29 | .10 |
| Depression | 12 | 41.38 | 6 | 40.0 | 6 | 42.86 | .87 |
| Heart Failure | 3 | 10.34 | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.00 | .08 |
| Hypertension | 18 | 62.07 | 11 | 73.3 | 7 | 50.00 | .19 |
| Anemia | 3 | 10.34 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 7.14 | .58 |
| Stroke | 8 | 27.59 | 5 | 33.3 | 3 | 21.43 | .47 |