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Table 1 Baseline demographics of sample

From: Remote activity monitoring for family caregivers of persons living with dementia: a mixed methods, randomized controlled evaluation

Characteristic

Caregiver Intervention

Caregiver Control

p-value

Care Recipient Intervention

Care Recipient Control

p-value

Age, M (SD)

62.4 (10.8)

63.0 (12.5)

.696

78.2 (9.5)

78.4 (9.3)

.880

Female, N (%)

68 (77.3%)

73 (80.2%)

.561

50 (56.8%)

46 (50.6%)

.387

White, N (%)

85 (96.6%)

89 (97.8%)

.623

80 (90.9%)

86 (94.5%)

.354

Non-Hispanic, N (%)

88 (100%)

86 (94.5%)

.083

86 (97.7%)

86 (94.5%)

.526

Married, N (%)

70 (79.6%)

79 (86.8%)

.193

53 (60.2%)

56 (61.5%)

.857

Children, M (SD)

2.0 (1.6)

2.5 (2.0)

.088

2.8 (2.0)

3.2 (2.0)

.164

Graduated college, N (%)

59 (67.1%)

58 (63.7%)

.642

42 (47.7%)

44 (48.4%)

.933

Household income > 60 k, N (%)

50 (56.8%)

57 (62.6%)

.427

22 (25.0%)

35 (38.5%)

.053

Employment, N (%)

 Fulltime

26 (29.6%)

26 (28.6%)

.524

   

 Retired

32 (36.4%)

40 (44.0%)

   

 Other

30 (34.1%)

25 (27.5%)

   

Relationship, N (%)

 Spouse

42 (47.7%)

50 (55.0%)

    

 Parent

39 (44.3%)

37 (40.7%)

    

 Other

7 (8.0%)

4 (4.4%)

.468

   

Living arrangement, N (%)

 Alone

   

17 (19.3%)

24 (26.4%)

 

 With caregiver

 

52 (59.1%)

55 (60.4%)

 

 With another relative

 

7 (8.0%)

4 (4.4%)

 

 Other

   

12 (13.6%)

8 (8.8%)

.416

Medicaid, N (%)

   

16 (18.2%)

17 (18.7%)

.594

ADL, M (SD)

0.4 (1.2)

0.5 (1.4)

.650

2.1 (2.2)

2.4 (2.7)

.372

IADL, M (SD)

2.0 (3.8)

1.8 (3.4)

.725

8.2 (3.1)

7.9 (3.5)

.577

CI, M (SD)

   

13.7 (6.1)

12.6 (7.0)

.281

RMBPC-Frequency, M (SD)

 

35.9 (12.4)

32.5 (12.5)

.068

RMBPC-Reaction, M (SD)

 

19.3 (13.1)

19.3 (11.6)

.991

  1. ADL activities of daily living, IADL instrumental activities of daily living, CI cognitive impairment, RMBPC revised memory and behavior problems checklist