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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Medical decision-making experiences of persons with dementia and their carepartners: a qualitative study

Participant Characteristics

(n = 30)

Patients

(n = 9)

Carepartners

(n = 21)

Age, mean (SD)

74.0 (9.6)

69.9 (10.4)

45–54

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.8%)

55–64

2 (22.2%)

8 (38.1%)

65–74

1 (11.1%)

3 (14.3%)

75–84

6 (66.7%)

9 (42.8%)

No Reply

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.8%)

Gender, N (%)

  

Female

0 (0.0%)

19 (90.0%)

Male

9 (100.0%)

1 (4.8%)

No Reply

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.8%)

Race, N (%)

  

White, non-Hispanic

9 (100.0%)

17 (81.5%)

White, Hispanic

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.8%)

Asian

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Black or African American

0 (0.0%)

2 (9.5%)

Mixed

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

No reply

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.8%)

Ethnicity, N (%)

  

Hispanic

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.8%)

Non-Hispanic

9 (100.0%)

19 (90.0%)

No Reply

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.8%)

Education Level, N (%)

  

High School

2 (22.2%)

3 (14.3%)

< High School

7 (78.8%)

18 (86.7%)

Child of participant (%)

 

5 (23.8%)

Spouse/partner of participant (%)

 

16 (76.2%)