Physical Mistreatment in Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 1

Caregiver demographics (𝑁=254).

Mean age	63.84 (±13.07)
Age by group
21–30	0.5%
31–40	5%
41–50	9.9%
51–60	27%
61–70	19.8%
71–80	28.8%
81–90	8.6%
90+	0.5%
Gender
Female	74.8%
Male	25.2%
Ethnicity
Caucasian	85.1%
African American	4.6%
Hispanic	10.3%
Religion
Roman Catholic	26.1%
Other Christian	44.1%
Jewish	15.8%
Other	14.0%
Relationship to patient
Wife	34.2%
Husband	18.5%
Child	33.2%
Other	14.0%
Income^1
Under $19,999	10.9%
$20,000–$29,999	18.6%
$30,000–$39,999	13.2%
$40,000–$49,999	12.3%
$50,000+	45.0%
Subjective feeling of burden
Yes	84.3%
No	15.7%
Psychiatric symptoms
0-1	24.9%
2-3	19.2%
4-5	23.2%
6+	32.5%
Level of depression
Non-depressed	17.4%
Mildly depressed	25.7%
Moderately depressed	36.7%
Severely depressed	20.2%
Level of Self Esteem
Moderately low	0.9%
Low	6.0%
High	18.1%
Moderately high	30.2%
Very high	44.7%
Considering nursing home
Not really considering	31.4%
Considering	26.7%
Seriously considering	41.9%
Physically violent^2
Yes	17.2%
No	82.8%

¹Figures represent combined household income.
²As measured by the Violence sub-scale of the CTS.