Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of participants.
| Characteristics | Caregiver | People with Dementia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Min–Max | n | % | Min–Max | |
| Gender (female) | 63 | 60 | 76 | 72.4 | ||
| Age (years) 1 | 66.4 ± 11.6 | 47–88 | 80.8 ± 6.5 | 64–94 | ||
| Care length (years) | 3.50 ± 2.8 | 0–15 | ||||
| Relationship with people with dementia | ||||||
| Spouse | 50 | 47.6 | ||||
| Son or daughter | 46 | 43.8 | ||||
| Other | 9 | 8.6 | ||||
| Household status (shared) | 76 | 72.4 | ||||
| Number of persons in household | 2.56 ± 0.9 | 1–6 | ||||
| Living alone (n = 103) | 14 | 13.6 | ||||
| Using LCIS | 68 | 64.8 | ||||
| Care level | ||||||
| No accredited | 32 | 30.5 | ||||
| 3 | 36 | 34.3 | ||||
| 4 | 20 | 19.0 | ||||
| ≥5 | 17 | 16.2 | ||||
| PSMS 1 | 3.37 ± 2.1 | 0–6 | ||||
| TMIG-IC 1 | 4.86 ± 3.8 | 0–13 | ||||
| MMSE 1 | 16.4 ± 5.8 | 0–28 | ||||
| FAST | ||||||
| 4 (mild) | 44 | 41.9 | ||||
| 5 (moderate) | 36 | 34.3 | ||||
| ≥6 (severe) | 25 | 23.8 | ||||
Note. n = 105. 1 Mean ± SD. SD, Standard Deviation; LCIS, Long-term Care Insurance Services; PSMS; Physical Self-Maintenance Scale; TMIG-IC, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; FAST, Functional Assessment Staging.