Table 2 Participants’ characteristics (N = 379)
Variable | N (%) or mean (SD) |
|---|---|
Family caregivers | |
Age (years; range: 40–83), mean (SD) | 58.2 (8.9) |
Sex, male, n (%) | 200 (52.8) |
Educational attainment, n (%) | |
Junior high school or high school | 138 (36.4) |
Vocational school or college | 74 (19.5) |
University or graduate school | 167 (44.1) |
Relationship with the person with dementia, n (%) | |
Child | 284 (74.9) |
Spouse | 61 (16.1) |
Spouse of child | 29 (7.7) |
Other relative | 5 (1.3) |
Psychological well-being (range: 0–25), mean (SD) | 10.8 (6.1) |
Person with dementia | |
Living situation | |
Living with respondent caregiver | 369 (97.4) |
Living with another caregiver | 3 (0.8) |
Living alone | 7 (1.8) |
Age (years; range: 41–99), mean (SD) | 82.7 (8.7) |
Sex, male, n (%) | 72 (19.0) |
Time since diagnosis (months), range 2–313, mean (SD) | 65.3 (55.8) |
Type of dementia, n (%) | |
Alzheimer’s disease | 254 (67.0) |
Lewy body | 55 (14.5) |
Vascular | 51 (13.5) |
Frontotemporal | 9 (2.4) |
Mixed | 13 (3.4) |
Other, including unspecified | 24 (6.3) |
ADL ability (range: 0–6), mean (SD) | 2.9 (2.0) |
Cognitive impairment (range 0–6), mean (SD) | 3.1 (1.2) |
Having cancer, n (%) | 19 (5.0) |
Participating in peer support groups, n (%) | 68 (17.9) |
Senior club | 27 (7.1) |
Alzheimer’s Association Japan | 23 (6.1) |
Dementia café | 18 (4.7) |
Meeting centre | 7 (1.8) |