Table 3.
Demographics and Background Characteristics of Caregiver Recipients by Church Site.
| ACT-Plan Intervention Sites, n = 173 |
Control Sites, n = 185 |
ACT-Plan vs Control |
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| Site 1, n = 76 |
Site 2, n = 97 |
Site 1 vs 2 | Site 3, n = 124 |
Site 4, n = 61 |
Site 3 vs 4 | ||||||
| % or mean | % or mean | % or mean | % or mean | P Value | |||||||
| Care Recipient Characteristics | N | (SD) | n | (SD) | P Value | N | (SD) | n | (SD) | P Value | |
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Female | 55 | 72.4% | 74 | 76.3% | .5568 | 92 | 75.4% | 44 | 74.6% | .9032 | .9014 |
| Male | 21 | 27.3% | 23 | 23.7% | 30 | 24.6% | 15 | 25.4% | |||
| Age | |||||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 75 | 79.3 (10.5) | 97 | 78.8 (10.7) | .7463 | 120 | 78.1 (10.9) | 58 | 74.3 (14.8) | .0828 | .0857 |
| Education | |||||||||||
| High school or less | 53 | 69.7% | 56 | 58.3% | .1232 | 78 | 66.1% | 43 | 74.1% | .2796 | .2894 |
| Some college or more | 23 | 30.3% | 40 | 41.7% | 40 | 33.9% | 15 | 25.9% | |||
| Income | |||||||||||
| Less than $25 000 | 39 | 75.0% | 39 | 54.9% | .0224 | 47 | 63.5% | 25 | 65.8% | .8119 | .8896 |
| $25 000 or more | 13 | 25.0% | 32 | 45.1% | 27 | 36.5% | 13 | 34.2% | |||
| Relationship to caregiver | |||||||||||
| Parent | 57 | 77.0% | 59 | 64.1% | .2942 | 61 | 52.1% | 30 | 51.7% | .0391 | .0070 |
| Spouse/partner | 4 | 5.4% | 4 | 4.3% | 16 | 13.7% | 5 | 8.6% | |||
| Grandparent | 3 | 4.1% | 3 | 3.3% | 3 | 2.6% | 5 | 8.6% | |||
| Sibling | 3 | 4.1% | 8 | 8.7% | 7 | 6.0% | 3 | 5.2% | |||
| Aunt/uncle | 4 | 5.4% | 14 | 15.2% | 13 | 11.1% | 13 | 22.4% | |||
| Other relation | 3 | 4.1% | 4 | 4.3% | 17 | 14.5% | 2 | 3.4% | |||
| Caregiver’s parent? | |||||||||||
| Yes | 57 | 77.0% | 59 | 64.1% | .0718 | 61 | 52.1% | 30 | 51.7% | .9590 | .0007 |
| No | 17 | 23.0% | 33 | 35.9% | 56 | 47.9% | 28 | 48.3% | |||
| Years with dementia | |||||||||||
| Less than 4 years | 32 | 43.8% | 41 | 43.2% | .2290 | 63 | 53.4% | 27 | 46.5% | .3279 | .3101 |
| 4–6 years | 35 | 48.0% | 38 | 40.0% | 42 | 35.6% | 27 | 46.5% | |||
| 7 or more years | 6 | 8.2% | 16 | 16.8% | 13 | 11.0% | 4 | 6.9% | |||
| Missing | 3 | 3.9% | 2 | 2.1% | 6 | 4.8% | 3 | 4.9% | |||
| Severity of disability | |||||||||||
| Severely disabled | 4 | 5.3% | 4 | 4.1% | .8873 | 13 | 10.9% | 7 | 11.9% | .0033 | .0088 |
| Moderately disabled | 35 | 46.0% | 42 | 43.3% | 35 | 29.4% | 17 | 28.8% | |||
| Mildly disabled | 24 | 31.6% | 36 | 37.1% | 56 | 47.1% | 15 | 25.4% | |||
| Not at all | 13 | 17.1% | 15 | 15.5% | 15 | 12.6% | 20 | 33.9% | |||
Abbreviations: ACP-Plan, Advance Care Treatment Plan; SD, standard deviation.