Table 2 Care partner characteristics
From: Continuity of care (COC) and amyloid-β PET scan: the CARE-IDEAS study
Variable | Overall | Elevated | Not elevated | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 1171 | 798 | 373 | |
Care partner characteristics | ||||
Age, mean (SD) | 71.04 (9.11) | 71.49 (8.82) | 70.07 (9.65) | .02 |
Male | 366 (31.3%) | 260 (32.6%) | 106 (28.4%) | .15 |
Non-Hispanic white | 1099 (93.9%) | 755 (94.6%) | 344 (92.2%) | .11 |
Education | .83 | |||
High school graduate or less | 153 (13.1%) | 103 (12.9%) | 50 (13.4%) | |
Some college | 342 (29.2%) | 229 (28.7%) | 113 (30.3%) | |
Bachelor’s degree | 316 (27.0%) | 214 (26.8%) | 102 (27.3%) | |
Graduate degree | 360 (30.7%) | 252 (31.6%) | 108 (29.0%) | |
Bachelors degree or higher | 676 (57.7%) | 466 (58.4%) | 210 (56.3%) | .50 |
Working full- or part-time | 275 (23.5%) | 190 (23.8%) | 85 (22.8%) | .70 |
General health status (self-assessed) | .25 | |||
Excellent | 191 (16.3%) | 143 (17.9%) | 48 (12.9%) | |
Very good | 512 (43.7%) | 346 (43.4%) | 166 (44.5%) | |
Good | 324 (27.7%) | 211 (26.4%) | 113 (30.3%) | |
Fair | 112 (9.6%) | 76 (9.5%) | 30-40 (8.0%-10.7%) | |
Poor | 30–40 (2.5–3.4%) | 22 (2.8%) | * | |
General health status (self-assessed), mean (SD) | 2.39 (0.96) | 2.36 (0.97) | 2.45 (0.93) | .09 |
CAPACITY: communication domain score, mean (SD) | 3.07 (0.69) | 3.09 (0.68) | 3.02 (0.71) | .12 |