Psychosocial Adjustment of In-Home Caregivers of Family Members with Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease: A Comparative Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample of family caregivers of PWD and PWP.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Total sample (n = 157)	Family members of PWD (n = 74)	Family members of PWP (n = 83)
Gender
Female	122 (77.7%)	58 (78.3%)	65 (78.3%)
Age	60.5 years; S.D. = 13.19	58 years; S.D. = 12.5	63 years; S.D. = 13.9
Relationship
Son/daughter	79 (50.3%)	52 (70.3%)	27 (32.5%)
Husband/wife	61 (38.8%)	19 (26.3%)	42 (50.6%)
Others	17 (10.8%)	4 (5.4%)	14 (16.9%)
Marital status
Married	120 (76.4%)	54 (72.9%)	66 (79.5%)
Years as caregiver	6.7 years S.D. = 6.5	6.6 years S.D. = 5.1	6.9 years S.D. = 7.6
Employment status
Housewife	39 (24.8%)	18 (24.3%)	21 (25.3%)
Part-time job	40 (25.5%)	21 (28.4%)	19 (22.9%)
Full-time job	16 (10.2%)	10 (13.5%)	6 (7.2%)
Retired	46 (29.3%)	17 (22.9%)	29 (34.9%)
Nonemployed	16 (10.2%)	8 (10.8%)	8 (9.6%)
Place of residence
Urban	68 (43.3%)	16 (21.3%)	52 (62.7%)
Semirural	67 (42.7%)	52 (69.3%)	15 (18.1%)
Rural	23 (14.6%)	7 (9.3%)	16 (19.3%)

S.D., standard deviation. Urban, >10,000 inhabitants; semiurban, 3000–10,000 inhabitants; rural, <3000 inhabitants.