Characteristics of care recipients | |||
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Background variables | Experimental group (N=184) | Control group (N=193) | Total (N=377) |
Frailty (GFI score) | 6.0 (2.0) | 5.8 (1.8) | 5.9 |
Female* | 70% | 60% | 65% |
Age | 81.8 (SD: 4.7) | 82.3 (SD: 5.3) | 82 |
Partner (married or co-residing) | 37% | 42% | 39% |
Single (or widowed) | 63% | 58% | 61% |
Independent living | 72% | 82% | 77% |
Assisted living/nursing home* | 28% | 18% | 23% |
Receiving informal care | 144 (78.3%) | 118 (61.1%) | 262 (69.5%) |
Caregiver loss to follow-up | 61 | 42 | 103 (39.3%) |
Caregivers participating | 83 | 76 | 159 |
Characteristics of informal caregivers | |||
Background variables | Experimental group (N=83) | Control group (N=76) | Total (N=159) |
Female | 71.0% | 75.0% | 73% |
Age* | 60.7 (SD: 12.2) | 65.6 (SD: 11.2) | 63.2 |
Co-residing with care recipient | 28.9% | 40.8% | 34.9% |
Relationship to care recipient: | Â | Â | Â |
Partner | 26.5% | 36.8% | 31.6% |
Son/daughter | 68.7% | 51.3% | 60.0% |
Other (e.g. neighbor, friend) | 4.8% | 11.9% | 8.4% |
Low education | 65.4% | 66.2% | 65.8% |
High education | 34.6% | 33.8% | 34.2% |
Low income | 58.0% | 65.8% | 61.9% |
High income | 42.0% | 34.2% | 76.2% |
Having life partner | 89.0% | 88.2% | 88.6% |
Employed (yes) | 50.0% | 38.4% | 44.2% |
Duration (in months) | 92.8 (SD: 93.8) | 97.3 (SD: 115.7) | 95.1 |