Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants
Demographic characteristics | n |
|---|---|
CAREGIVER (N=35) | |
Age (in years) | |
- Range | 22 - 80 |
Gender | |
- Male | 13 |
- Female | 22 |
Ethnicity | |
- Chinese | 23 |
- Malay | 9 |
- Indian | 3 |
Marital status | |
- Married living with spouse | 23 |
- Single never married | 10 |
- Divorced | 1 |
Education | |
- Primary | 8 |
- Secondary | 6 |
- Post-secondary | 10 |
- University | 10 |
Employment | |
- Working part-time | 6 |
- Working full-time | 14 |
- Unemployed | 5 |
- Homemaker | 7 |
- Retired | 3 |
Caregiver Identity | |
- Spouse | 13 |
- Adult-child | 18 |
- Sibling | 2 |
- Others | 2 |
Co-residing status | |
- Yes | 28 |
- No | 6 |
Caregiving duration (in months) | |
- Mean (SD) | 46.8 (46.9) |
First experience caregiving | |
- Yes | 29 |
- No | 5 |
Number of other family caregivers involved in caregiving | |
- 0 | 11 |
- 1 | 6 |
- 2 | 8 |
- 3 | 5 |
- 4 | 3 |
- 6 | 1 |
STROKE SURVIVOR (N=26) | |
Time since stroke (in years) | |
- Mean (SD) | 3.5 (3.3) |
Index stroke recurrent | |
- Yes | 6 |
- No | 19 |
Age (in years) | |
- Range | 45 - 84 |
Gender | |
- Male | 17 |
- Female | 8 |
Ethnicity | |
- Chinese | 13 |
- Malay | 9 |
- Indian | 3 |