Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease Caregivers: The Contribution of Personality Traits

Table 1

Carer and patient demographic data.

Demographics	Caregiver		Patients with PD
	n	%	n	%
Region
Metropolitan	174	63.5	174	63.5
Rural	100	36.5	100	36.5
Gender
Female	177	64.6	103	37.6
Male	84	30.7	171	62.4
Marital status
Never married	11	4.0	4	1.5
Married/de facto	242	88.3	241	88.0
Separated	8	2.9	4	1.5
Widowed	0	0.0	16	5.8
Divorced	0	0.0	9	3.3
Relationship
Spouse/partner	227	82.8
Child	25	9.1
Sibling	3	1.1
Friend	2	0.7
Other	4	1.5
Employment
Employed	72	26.3
Unemployed	2	0.7
Retired/pensioner	152	55.5
Carer	24	8.8
Other	10	3.6
Education
No formal education	2	0.7
Preyear 10	53	19.3
Secondary school certificate	59	21.5
TAFE	60	21.9
University	81	29.6
Other	5	1.8

TAFE: Technical and further education; PD: Parkinson’s disease.