Characteristica | Overall N = 1494b | Caregivers with diabetes N = 127 | Caregivers without diabetes N = 1367 | P-value |
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Caregiver characteristics | ||||
Age, yearsc | 67.3 (12.04) | 72.4 (9.67) | 66.9 (12.13) | <0.001 |
Sex, n (%) female | 958 (64.2) | 69 (54.3) | 889 (65.1) | 0.012 |
Marital status, n (%) | 0.022 | |||
Married/cohabiting | 1316 (88.1) | 123 (96.9) | 1193 (87.3) | |
Widowed | 38 (2.5) | 1 (0.8) | 37 (2.7) | |
Divorced/separated | 70 (4.7) | 1 (0.8) | 69 (5.1) | |
Never married | 69 (4.6) | 2 (1.6) | 67 (4.9) | |
Relationship to the patient, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
Wife | 503 (33.7) | 50 (39.4) | 453 (33.2) | |
Husband | 481 (32.2) | 53 (41.7) | 428 (31.3) | |
Child | 405 (27.1) | 13 (10.2) | 392 (28.7) | |
Friend | 20 (1.3) | 2 (1.6) | 18 (1.3) | |
Other | 84 (5.6) | 9 (7.1) | 75 (5.5) | |
Caregiver lives with the patient, n (%) | 1135 (76.0) | 113 (89.0) | 1022 (74.8) | <0.001 |
Caregivers with medical conditionsd, n (%) | 127 (100) | 748 (54.7) | 875 (58.6) | 0.178 |
Diabetes drug use, n (%) | 118 (92.9) |