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Table 1 Distribution of sociodemographic and health characteristics, overall and by presence of clinically significant anxiety disorder and depressive symptoms among AL caregivers

From: Prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression in caregivers to assisted living residents during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Overall (N = 673)

Column % (n)

Clinically Significant Anxiety Disorder

Depressive Symptoms

Present (28.6%; 171/598)

Col % (n)

Absent (71.4%; 427/598)

Col % (n)

Present (38.8%; 240/619)

Col % (n)

Absent (61.2%; 379/619)

Col % (n)

Province (Location of Home)

 Alberta

81.1 (546)

81.9 (140)

80.3 (343)

81.3 (195)

81.0 (307)

 British Columbia

18.9 (127)

18.1 (31)

19.7 (84)

18.8 (45)

19.0 (72)

Age

 18–44

6.4 (43)

12.3 (21) ‡

3.8 (16)

10.0 (24) *

4.8 (18)

 45–54

12.2 (82)

11.7 (20)

12.9 (55)

11.7 (28)

12.7 (48)

 55–64

42.3 (284)

44.4 (76)

42.5 (181)

43.8 (105)

41.5 (157)

 65 + 

39.1 (262)

31.6 (54)

40.9 (174)

34.6 (83)

41.0 (155)

Gender

 Woman

76.8 (515)

83.6 (143) *

73.9 (315)

82.9 (199) †

72.5 (274)

 Man / Prefer Not to Answer

23.3 (156)

16.4 (28)

26.1 (111)

17.1 (41)

27.5 (104)

Marital Status

 Married / Common-law

83.1 (555)

85.3 (145)

83.7 (355)

81.2 (194)

85.1 (320)

 Other

16.9 (113)

14.7 (25)

16.3 (69)

18.8 (45)

14.9 (56)

Relationship to Resident

 Spouse / Parent a

5.8 (39)

7.6 (13)*

5.2 (22)

7.5 (18)†

4.5 (17)

 Daughter (including in-law)

62.0 (417)

69.6 (119)

58.8 (251)

67.5 (162)

58.3 (221)

 Son (including in-law)

16.5 (111)

10.5 (18)

18.3 (78)

10.0 (24)

19.8 (75)

 Sibling

7.3 (49)

4.7 (8)

8.7 (37)

6.3 (15)

8.4 (32)

 Friend / Neighbour /Other

8.5 (57)

7.6 (13)

9.2 (39)

8.8 (21)

9.0 (34)

Ethnicity

 White

89.9 (598)

91.7 (155)

90.5 (383)

90.8 (216)

90.9 (341)

 Non-White

10.1 (67)

8.3 (14)

9.5 (40)

9.2 (22)

9.1 (34)

Highest Education

 University

31.0 (205)

25.4 (43)*

36.2 (153)

30.4 (72)

34.1 (128)

 College / Trade

42.5 (281)

43.2 (73)

40.4 (171)

43.0 (102)

41.6 (156)

 High School or Less

26.6 (176)

31.4 (53)

23.4 (99)

26.6 (63)

24.3 (91)

Household Income (before Mar 1/20)

 > $100,000

27.3 (184)

28.1 (48)

29.5 (126)

26.7 (64)

29.8 (113)

 $80—$99,000

15.0 (101)

12.3 (21)

17.1 (73)

13.3 (32)

16.1 (61)

 $50-$79,000

23.8 (160)

22.8 (39)

23.0 (98)

22.5 (54)

25.6 (97)

 < $50,000

20.2 (136)

23.4 (40)

17.1 (73)

25.0 (60)

16.6 (63)

 missing

13.7 (92)

13.5 (23)

13.4 (57)

12.5 (30)

11.9 (45)

# Chronic Conditions

 None

43.0 (288)

39.4 (67) †

45.9 (196)

39.5 (94) ‡

44.9 (170)

 1–2

41.6 (279)

38.2 (65)

44.0 (188)

38.7 (92)

45.7 (173)

 3 + 

11.6 (78)

18.8 (32)

8.4 (36)

17.7 (42)

7.1 (27)

 Don’t know / Prefer not to answer

3.7 (25)

3.5 (6)

1.6 (7)

4.2 (10)

2.4 (9)

Self-rated Health

 Excellent

16.9 (113)

7.1 (12) ‡

21.4 (91)

8.0 (19) ‡

23.3 (88)

 Very Good

40.5 (271)

28.2 (48)

46.0 (196)

30.1 (72)

47.9 (181)

 Good

31.8 (213)

42.4 (72)

25.8 (110)

40.6 (97)

24.1 (91)

 Fair / Poor

10.9 (73)

22.4 (38)

6.8 (29)

21.3 (51)

4.8 (18)

Emotional / Informational Social Support

 High

78.0 (493)

62.4 (101) ‡

84.3 (349)

63.6 (147) ‡

86.5 (314)

 Low

22.0 (139)

37.6 (61)

15.7 (65)

36.4 (84)

13.5 (49)

  1. * p ≤ 0.05
  2. † p ≤ 0.01
  3. ‡ p ≤ 0.001
  4. a 95% were spouse of resident