Caregiver’s perspectives on the Central Nervous System infection illness trajectory among older persons with dementia in Northern Uganda—a qualitative community-based study

Table 1 Description of the socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants who were caregivers of the older persons with positive history of CNS infection illness and later life dementia in Lira district northern Uganda

Participants	Age in years	Gender	Level of education	Relationship with the patient
P 1	68	Female	Primary education	wife
P 2	59	Female	Lower secondary	sister
P 3	50	Male	Primary education	Husband
P 4	78	Female	No formal education	sister
P 5	66	Male	Primary education	Husband
P 6	58	Male	Lower secondary	Husband
P 7	65	Female	Lower secondary	Sister
P 8	75	Female	Primary education	Grand-child
P 9	55	Female	No formal education	Sister
P 10	57	Male	Primary education	Husband
P 11	53	male	Secondary education	Husband
P 12	64	Male	Primary education	Husband
P 13	69	Female	No formal education	Son
P 14	56	Female	No formal education	Wife
P 15	57	Female	Primary education	Daughter
P 16	71	Male	Tertiary	Son
P 17	80	female	No formal education	Sister
P 18	62	Female	Primary education	wife
P 19	57	male	Secondary education	Husband
P 20	84	female	No formal education	Wife

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