Table 1.
Descriptive Comparisons of Incident Caregivers and Matched Non-Caregiving Controls
| Variable | Total Sample | Incident Caregivers |
Noncaregiving Controls |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 502 | 251 | 251 | --- |
| Sex, Female N (%) | 326 (65) | 163 (65) | 163 (65) | --- |
| Race, African American N (%) | 180 (36) | 90 (36) | 90 (36) | --- |
| Education, College graduate N (%) | 220 (44) | 106 (42) | 114 (45) | --- |
| Marital Status at Transitions Int, N (%) | --- | |||
| Married/Cohabiting | 380 (76) | 190 (76) | 190 (76) | |
| Widowed | 41 (8) | 19 (8) | 22 (9) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 51 (10) | 26 (10) | 25 (10) | |
| Single / Never Married | 30 (6) | 16 (6) | 14 (6) | |
| Age at REGARDS baseline CATI, M (SD) | 59.9 (7.5) | 60.1 (7.7) | 59.7 (7.3) | --- |
| Age at Transitions interview, M (SD) | 71.9 (7.9) | 71.8 (8.1) | 72.0 (7.8) | --- |
| Self-Rated Health at REGARDS baseline CATI, N (%) | 0.43 | |||
| Excellent | 115 (23) | 61 (24) | 54 (22) | |
| Very Good | 169 (34) | 81 (32) | 88 (35) | |
| Good | 172 (34) | 84 (33) | 88 (35) | |
| Fair | 43 (9) | 22 (9) | 21 (8) | |
| Poor | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Self-reported history of major cardiovascular disease at REGARDS baseline, Yes N (%) | 53 (11) | 27 (11) | 26 (10) | 0.88 |
| Duration between REGARDS Baseline CATI and Caregiver Screening CATI, Years, M (SD) | 11.7 (1.2) | 11.7 (1.2) | 11.7 (1.3) | 0.59 |
| Duration between REGARDS 1st and 2nd in-home visits, Years, M (SD) | 9.3 (0.9) | 9.3 (0.9) | 9.2 (0.8) | 0.60 |
| REGARDS baseline CATI variables (before transition to caregiving for caregivers) | ||||
| 4-item CES-D, M (SD) | 0.9 (1.7) | 0.8 (1.6) | 0.9 (1.8) | 0.79 |
| 4-item PSS, M (SD) | 3.0 (2.7) | 2.9 (2.6) | 3.0 (2.8) | 0.54 |
| PCS from SF-12, M (SD) | 48.7 (9.8) | 48.1 (10.3) | 49.3 (9.1) | 0.18 |
| MCS from SF-12, M (SD) | 55.0 (6.9) | 54.9 (6.7) | 55.0 (7.1) | 0.87 |
Note. P-values are for group comparisons from Pearson chi-square tests when frequencies (N, %) are reported and from independent sample t-tests when means (M) and standard deviations (SD) are reported.