Table 2 Demographic description of the COMET study population
Overall | |
|---|---|
(n = 80) | |
Gender, % (number) | |
Male | 23.8 (19) |
Female | 76.2 (61) |
Ethnicity, % (number) | |
Hispanic | 1.3 (1) |
Not Hispanic | 98.7 (77) |
Race, % (number) | |
African American | 41.2 (33) |
White | 58.8 (47) |
Education, % (number) | |
Less than HS | 14.1 (11) |
Some HS | 20.5 (16) |
HS Graduate | 32.1 (25) |
Some college | 33.3 (26) |
Marital Status, % (number) | |
Married | 45.6 (36) |
Widowed | 39.2 (31) |
Other | 15.2 (12) |
Age, mean (SD) | 81.0 (8.1) |
CG relation to patient, % (number) | |
Spouse | 32.9 (26) |
Daughter | 41.8 (33) |
Son | 10.1 (8) |
Other | 15.2 (12) |
How often CG sees patient, % (number) | |
Daily | 81.0 (64) |
Weekly | 16.5 (13) |
Several times/month | 1.3 (1) |
Several times/year | 1.3 (1) |