Table 1.

Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics.

Variables	Group	n	Mean	Std. deviation	F	Sig
Caregiver's age	EOAD	45	46	11.4	11.5	0.000*
	FTD	51	55	11.6
	LOAD	55	58	12.9
Caregiver's years of education	EOAD	45	10.5	4.87	6.87	0.001*
	FTD	51	13.5	5.08
	LOAD	55	13.8	4.38
Caregiver's number of children	EOAD	45	1.87	1.47	0.64	0.527
	FTD	51	1.61	1.43
	LOAD	55	1.56	1.34
Patient's behavioral change (FBI)	EOAD	45	22.3	16	3.81	0.024*
	FTD	51	30.6	18.2
	LOAD	55	30.4	15.5
Patient's clinical stage (FAST)	EOAD	44	5.77	1.31	4.35	0.014*
	FTD	51	5.94	1.17
	LOAD	55	5.29	1.07

		EOAD	FTD	LOAD	CHI2	Sig
Caregiver Gender	Female	77.80%	90.20%	80.00%	3.06	0.217
	Male	22.00%	9.80%	20.00%
Marital Status	Single	31.10%	13.70%	27.30%	5.03	0.540
	Married	57.80%	72.50%	58.20%
	Widowed	6.70%	9.80%	9.10%
	Divorced	4.40%	3.90%	5.50%
	Full time	17.80%	13.70%	5.50%
	Part time	6.70%	5.90%	5.50%
Employment situation	Seasonal/non formal	17.80%	17.60%	30.90%	14.6	0.148
	Housewife	33.30%	41.20%	30.90%
	Unemployed	8.90%	7.80%	0.00%
	Retired	15.60%	13.70%	27.30%
	Normal	55.60%	37.30%	41.80%
Patient's behavior	Mild	6.70%	7.80%	10.90%	7.56	0.272
	Moderate	22.20%	17.60%	14.50%
	Severe	15.60%	37.30%	32.70%
*p < 0.05