Table 1 Characteristics of People Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers by Treatment Arm and Total

People Living with dementia

Age, mean (SD), y

80.81 (8.25)

82.02 (7.55)

81.41 (7.92)

1.21

0.23

Sex, n (%)

0.18

0.67

Male

48 (38.10)

44 (35.48)

92 (36.80)

Female

78 (61.90)

80 (64.52)

158 (63.20)

Race, n (%)

1.22

0.54

White

79 (63.71)

70 (56.91)

149 (60.32)

African American

42 (33.87)

49 (39.84)

91 (36.84)

Other

3 (2.42)

4 (3.25)

7 (2.83)

Education, n (%)

0.95

0.62

≤High school

25 (20.00)

21 (16.94)

115 (46.18)

Some college

45 (36.00)

41 (33.06)

44 (17.67)

≥College

55 (44.00)

62 (50.00)

90 (36.14)

Marital status, n (%)

Married or living as married

68 (53.97)

64 (51.61)

132 (52.80)

0.14

0.71

Other

58 (46.03)

60 (48.39)

118 (47.20)

Living arrangement, n (%)

0.05

0.82

Alone

18 (14.29)

19 (15.32)

37 (14.80)

With caregiver

108 (85.71)

105 (84.68)

213 (85.20)

# of behavioral symptoms, mean (SD)

7.87 (2.52)

7.76 (2.29)

7.82 (2.40)

-0.36

0.72

MMSE score, mean (SD)

14.75 (7.49)

13.93 (8.16)

14.34 (7.82)

-0.83

0.41

Caregivers

Age, mean (SD), y

65.44 (12.79)

65.29 (12.54)

65.37 (12.64)

-0.10

0.92

Sex, n (%)

1.43

0.23

Male

20 (15.87)

27 (21.77)

47 (18.80)

Female

106 (84.13)

97 (78.23)

203 (81.20)

Race, n (%)

0.73

0.69

White

76 (61.79)

69 (56.56)

145 (59.18)

African American

42 (34.15)

48 (39.34)

90 (36.73)

Other

5 (4.07)

5 (4.10)

10 (4.08)

Education, n (%)

0.38

0.83

≤High school

58 (46.03)

57 (46.34)

46 (18.47)

Some college

24 (19.05)

20 (16.26)

86 (34.54)

≥College

44 (34.92)

46 (37.40)

117 (46.99)

Marital status, n (%)

Married or living as married

89 (71.20)

83 (66.94)

172 (69.08)

0.53

0.47

Other

36 (28.80)

41 (33.06)

77 (30.92)

Relationship to patient, n (%)

0.42

0.52

Spouse

60 (47.62)

54 (43.55)

114 (45.60)

Non-spouse

66 (52.38)

70 (56.45)

136 (54.40)

Time of caregiving, mean (SD), y

3.87 (2.81)

3.94 (3.38)

3.90 (3.10)

0.17

0.86