Table 1 Descriptive statistics of patient and caregiver dyads at T = 0, T = 6 and T = 12 months
T = 0 (n = 175) | T = 6 (n = 151) | T = 12 (n = 144) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | ||
Patient | |||||||
Age | 78.6 (5.7) | 78.5 (5.8) | 78.4 (5.7) | ||||
Female | 106 (60.6%) | 90 (59.6%) | 88 (38.9%) | ||||
Type of dementia | |||||||
Alzheimer | 105 (60%) | 93 (61.6%) | 89 (61.8%) | ||||
Vascular | 15 (8.6%) | 9 (6.0%) | 7 (4.9%) | ||||
Mixed | 49 (28.0%) | 43 (28.5%) | 43 (29.9%) | ||||
Other | 6 (3.4%) | 6 (4.0%) | 5 (3.5%) | ||||
CDR | |||||||
0.5 | 8 (4.6%) | 8 (5.3%) | 6 (4.2%) | ||||
1 | 139 (19.4%) | 120 (79.5%) | 117 (81.3%) | ||||
2 | 28 (16.0%) | 23 (15.2%) | 21 (14.6%) | ||||
Caregiver | |||||||
Age | 64.0 (13.2) | 64.1 (13.2) | 64.3 (13.2) | ||||
Female | 123 (70.3%) | 106 (70.2%) | 101 (70.1%) | ||||
Relation to patient | |||||||
Spouse | 94 (53.7%) | 83 (55%) | 80 (55.6%) | ||||
Child | 72 (41.1%) | 59 (39.1%) | 55 (38.2%) | ||||
Other | 9 (5.1%) | 9 (6.0%) | 9 (6.3%) | ||||