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Table 3 Anticipated and realized perseverance time during 2-year follow-up

From: The perseverance time of informal carers for people with dementia: results of a two-year longitudinal follow-up study

 

Baseline

Year 1

N

Patient home after 1 year (year 1)

Patient home after 2 years (year 2)

N

Patient home after 1 year (year 2)

N (% Pt cat.)

% realized Pta

N (% Pt cat.)

% realized Pta

N (% Pt cat.)

% realized Pta

Anticipated perseverance time

 - less than 6 months

41

4 (9.8 %)

90.2 %/65.9 %

3 (7.3 %)

n.a.

10

1 (10.0 %)

90.0 %/80.0 %

 - between 6 months and 1 year

39

12 (30.8 %)

69.2 %/41.0 %

5 (12.8 %)

n.a.

14

5 (35.7 %)

64.3 %/35.7 %

 - between 1 year and 2 years

39

18 (46.2 %)

n.a.

8 (20.5 %)

79.5 %/51.3 %

15

10 (66.7 %)

n.a.

 - more than 2 years

79

40 (50.6 %)

n.a.

28 (35.4 %)

35.4 %b

35

28 (80.0 %)

n.a.

Perseverance time < 1 year

 - yes

80

16 (20.0 %)

80.0 %/53.7 %

n.a.

n.a.

24

6 (25.0 %)

75.0 %/54.2 %

Perseverance time < 2 years

 - yes

119

n.a.

n.a.

16 (13.4 %)

86.6 %/58.8 %

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

  1. aRealized Pt including/excluding deceased patients
  2. bPatient living at home