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. 2022 Jan 23;12(2):148. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12020148

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical variables of people with Lewy body-related cognitive disorders and care partners (n = 76 dyads).

People with Lewy Body Cognitive Disorders
(n = 76)
Care Partners (n = 76)
Categorical Variables n % n %
Gender Female 16 21.1 68 89.5
Male 60 78.9 8 10.5
Ethnicity White 71 93.4 70 92.1
Nonwhite 4 5.3 5 6.6
Did not specify 1 1.3 1 1.3
Education level Up to 18 year old schooling 40 52.7 37 48.6
Further education and higher 36 47.3 39 51.4
Marital status Single 12 15.8 13 17.2
Married/ Partnership 64 84.2 63 82.8
Living status With others 70 92.1 74 97.4
Alone 6 7.9 2 2.6
Diagnosis PD-MCI 15 19.8
PDD 40 52.6
DLB 21 27.6
Dyad relationship Spouse/partner 59 77.6
Son/daughter 13 17.1
Other 4 5.3
Caregiving weekly hours (up to an average of) 1 h per day 15 19.7
8 h per day 22 28.9
24 h a day 39 51.4
H&Y stage I 15 19.7
II 33 43.4
III 12 15.8
IV 12 15.8
V 4 5.3
Continuous Variables n Median; IQR (Range) n Median; IQR (Range)
Age, years 76 75; 71–78 (55–90) 76 68; 59–72 (21–88)
Dyad known years (if spouses/partners) 63 48; 38–55 (0.50–70)
Duration of clinical symptoms, years 76 4.5; 2–10 (0–33)
Caregiving years 76 3; 1–6.75 (0–20)
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) 71 19; 15–22 (7–30)
UPDRS-III 75 31; 18–40 (8–69)
SE-ADL 74 60; 30–80 (10–100)

DLB—dementia with Lewy bodies, H&Y—Hoehn and Yahr Staging, IQR—interquartile range, PD-MCI—Parkinson’s disease mild cognitive impairment, PDD—Parkinson’s disease dementia, SE-ADL—Schwab and England Activities of Daily Living, UPDRS-III—Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale-III.