Table 1.
Sample characteristics and their care-recipients (N = 163).
| Variable | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gender. Spouse carer | ||
| Female (%) | 76.7 | |
| Gender. Care-recipient. | ||
| Female (%) | 21.5 | |
| Age. Spouse carer (n = 161) | ||
| Mean (SD), range | 75.30 (5.82), 65–89 | |
| Age. Care-recipient (n = 160) | ||
| Mean (SD), range | 78.22 (6.67), 62–93 | |
| Relationship to care-recipient. (n = 155) | ||
| Married (%) | 91.0 | |
| Partner (%) | 9.0 | |
| Years in relationship (n = 160) | ||
| Mean (SD), range | 48.61 (13.44), 8–70 | |
| Years of co-habitation (n = 156) | ||
| Mean (SD), range | 46.30 (13.23), 7–69 | |
| Years as carer (n = 156) | ||
| Mean (SD), range | 4.40 (4.52), 1–43 | |
| Years since received dementia diagnosis (n = 152) | ||
| Mean, (SD), range | 3.20 (2.92), 1–20 | |
| Dementia diagnosis received (n = 159) | ||
| Alzheimer’s disease (%) | 49.1 | |
| Vascular dementia (%) | 19.5 | |
| Dementia with Lewy bodies (%) | 5.7 | |
| Frontotemporal dementia (%) | 3.1 | |
| Dementia due to Parkinson’s disease (%) | 1.9 | |
| Unspecified or mixed dementia (%) | 20.8 | |