Table 1 Relatives’ background characteristics at baseline (T0), first (T1) and second (T2) follow-up
Background characteristics | Total sample (n = 459) | T0 | T1 | T2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention (n = 91) | Control (n = 87) | p | Intervention (n = 80) | Control (n = 69) | p | Intervention (n = 79) | Control (n = 53) | p | ||
Age in years, mean (SD) | 64.7 (12.5) | 61.6 (12.3) | 67.1 (14.0) | < 0.01 | 64.1 (11.4) | 66.3 (12.5) | 0.26 | 64.0 (10.8) | 65.3 (13.2) | 0.46 |
Sex, n (%) | ||||||||||
Female | 293 (64.4) | 63 (70) | 49 (56.3) | 0.06 | 56 (71.8) | 40 (58.8) | 0.14 | 52 (65.8) | 33 (62.3) | 0.82 |
Male | 162 (35.6) | 27 (30.0) | 38 (43.7) | 22 (28.2) | 28 (41.2) | 27 (34.2) | 20 (37.7) | |||
Relation to person living in the nursing home, n (%) | ||||||||||
Son/daughter | 309 (67.6) | 67 (73.6) | 52 (59.8) | 0.15 | 54 (67.5) | 45 (65.2) | 0.92 | 57 (73.1) | 34 (65.4) | 0.33 |
Partner/other | 148 (32.4) | 24 (26.4) | 35 (40.2) | 26 (32.5) | 24 (34.8) | 21 (26.9) | 18 (34.6) | |||
Frequency of visits, n (%) | ||||||||||
Every week | 322 (67.6) | 63 (70.0) | 60 (69.0) | 1.00 | 55 (68.8) | 49 (72.1) | 0.80 | 58 (73.4) | 37 (69.8) | 0.80 |
Every month | 135 (29.5) | 27 (30.0) | 27 (31.0) | 25 (31.2) | 19 (27.9) | 21 (26.6) | 16 (30.2) | |||
Older person’s length of stay in months, median (range) | 24 (1–360) | 24.0 (2–360) | 24.0 (1–108) | 0.93 | 27.5 (2–240) | 24 (2–136) | 0.41 | 24.0 (2–144) | 23 (3–144) | 0.62 |
Study site, n (%) | ||||||||||
Australia | 131 (28.5) | 30 (33.0) | 18 (20.7) | < 0.05 | 32 (40.0) | 18 (26.1) | 0.20 | 33 (41.8) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.01 |
Norway | 148 (32.2) | 35 (38.5) | 28 (32.2) | 19 (23.8) | 20 (29.0) | 23 (29.1) | 23 (43.4) | |||
Sweden | 180 (39.2) | 26 (28.5) | 41 (47.1) | 29 (36.3) | 31 (44.9) | 23 (29.1) | 30 (56.6) | |||