Table 5.
Bivariate Relationships between Utilization and Dyad Characteristics (FamTechCare Caregivers)
| Phone calls | Videos | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of phone calls | Phone call duration (min) | Number of videos | Video duration (min) | ||||||
| Characteristic | N | ρ | p | ρ | p | ρ | p | ρ | p |
| Dementia severity | 42 | −.16 | .312 | −.03 | .836 | .06 | .714 | −.02 | .884 |
| Caregiver age | 42 | −.06 | .698 | .15 | .330 | .21 | .175 | .14 | .391 |
| N | Mean±SD | p | Mean±SD | p | Mean±SD | p | Mean±SD | p | |
| Caregiver gender | |||||||||
| Male | 12 | 10.3±1.5 | .064 | 135.9±94.1 | .879 | 17.7±13.8 | .709 | 121.3±224.3 | 1.000 |
| Female | 30 | 8.6±2.7 | 134.6±96.2 | 21.7±32.1 | 162.4±346.7 | ||||
| Dyad relationship | |||||||||
| Spouse | 29 | 9.3±2.5 | .290 | 141.5±90.8 | .195 | 22.2±32.7 | .921 | 166.5±352.4 | .876 |
| Child | 12 | 8.5±2.7 | 106.2±95.3 | 17.0±13.4 | 118.4±223.9 | ||||
| Rural residence | |||||||||
| Rural (≥ 20 % rural) | 7 | 9.1±3.0 | .946 | 112.5±78.1 | .558 | 15.3±12.1 | 1.000 | 52.4±41.8 | .503 |
| Not rural (< 20 % rural) | 35 | 9.1±2.5 | 139.4±97.8 | 21.6±30.2 | 170.3±341.3 | ||||
| Study site | |||||||||
| Site 1 | 22 | 9.1±2.4 | .800 | 149.9±81.1 | .117 | 28.5±36.1 | .038 | 257.6±408.8 | .002 |
| Site 2 | 20 | 9.2±2.8 | 118.5±107.0 | 11.8±10.1 | 33.0±28.9 | ||||
| Caregiver education | |||||||||
| < Bachelor’s degree | 19 | 9.5±2.4 | .433 | 145.2±100.5 | .455 | 24.5±39.6 | .675 | 259.2±446.9 | .814 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 13 | 9.4±1.7 | 135.0±74.6 | 16.0±9.9 | 53.6±43.3 | ||||
| ≥ Master’s degree | 10 | 8.0±3.5 | 115.5±111.4 | 18.8±15.2 | 70.6±53.1 | ||||
| Type of dementia | |||||||||
| Alzheimer’s | 22 | 9.0±2.6 | .898 | 141.5±87.8 | .558 | 24.2±36.7 | .519 | 224.0±418.4 | .651 |
| Other diagnosed | 17 | 9.4±2.3 | 135.9±107.7 | 17.6±13.3 | 75.9±87.5 | ||||
| Unknown | 3 | 8.7±4.2 | 82.0±68.2 | 9.7±9.9 | 36.1±31.2 | ||||
Note. p-values were calculated with Wilcoxon rank-sum test for caregiver gender, dyad relationship, rural residence, and study site; with Kruskal-Wallis test for caregiver education and dementia type; and with Spearman’s rho coefficient for dementia severity (i.e., mean FAST) and caregiver age.