Table 4 Caregiver burden, time, and HCRU according to caregiver diabetes status (descriptive statistics)
Parametera | Total AD dementia severity population | Mild/moderate AD dementia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall N = 1494b | Caregivers with diabetes N = 127 | Caregivers without diabetes N = 1367 | Overall N = 985 | Caregivers with diabetes N = 88 | Caregivers without diabetes N = 897 | |
ZBI score | 29.0 (15.07) | 26.7 (14.82) | 29.2 (15.08) | 26.6 (14.71) | 24.8 (14.29) | 26.8 (14.74) |
Total caregiver time, hours | 105.0 (30.0–330.0) | 120.0 (31.0–375.0) | 105.0 (30.0–330.0) | 75.0 (20.0–180.0) | 82.5 (30.0–210.0) | 75.0 (18.0–180.0) |
Hours on basic ADL | 6.0 (0.0–60.0) | 0.0 (0.0–60.0) | 7.3 (0.0–60.0) | 0.0 (0.0–30.0) | 0.0 (0.0–15.0) | 0.0 (0.0–30.0) |
Hours on iADL | 60.0 (20.0–120.0) | 60.0 (30.0–120.0) | 60.0 (20.0–120.0) | 46.5 (15.0–90.0) | 48.8 (15.5–90.0) | 46.5 (15.0–90.0) |
Hours on supervision | 8.0 (0.0–120.0) | 15.0 (0.0–240.0) | 8.0 (0.0–120.0) | 0.0 (0.0–30.0) | 1.3 (0.0–60.0) | 0.0 (0.0–30.0) |
Caregiver outpatient visits, n (%) | ||||||
No visits | 636 (42.6) | 35 (27.6) | 601 (44.0) | 410 (41.7) | 24 (27.3) | 386 (43.1) |
1 visit | 401 (26.9) | 29 (22.8) | 372 (27.2) | 270 (27.4) | 24 (27.3) | 246 (27.5) |
2 visits | 199 (13.3) | 34 (26.8) | 165 (12.1) | 134 (13.6) | 22 (25.0) | 112 (12.5) |
3 visits | 97 (6.5) | 10 (7.9) | 87 (6.4) | 62 (6.3) | 7 (8.0) | 55 (6.1) |
>3 visits | 160 (10.7) | 19 (15.0) | 141 (10.3) | 108 (11.0) | 11 (12.5) | 97 (10.8) |
Caregivers with ≥1 ER visit in past month, n (%) | 45 (3.0) | 3 (2.4) | 42 (3.1) | 28 (2.8) | 2 (2.3) | 26 (2.9) |
Caregivers with ≥1 night hospitalization in past month, n (%) | 34 (2.3) | 5 (3.9) | 29 (2.1) | 24 (2.4) | 5 (5.7) | 19 (2.1) |