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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Transcendental Meditation for the improvement of health and wellbeing in community-dwelling dementia caregivers [TRANSCENDENT]: a randomised wait-list controlled trial

  

TM group

WLC

P value

  

(n = 8)

(n = 9)

 

Age [years], mean (SD)

 

69.4 (7.3)

63.2 (8.8)

0.141

Sex, n (%)

Female

7 (87.5 %)

8 (88.9 %)

0.735

 

Male

1 (12.5 %)

1 (11.1 %)

 
 

Total

8 (100 %)

9 (100 %)

 

Number of standard alcoholic drinks consumed per week, mean (SD)

 

4.06 (4.63)

4.13 (4.64)

0.979

Number of cigarettes smoked per day, mean (SD)

 

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

-

Relationship to person with dementia, n (%)

Daughter/son

3 (37.5 %)

3 (33.3 %)

0.627

 

Wife/Husband

5 (60.0 %)

6 (66.7 %)

 
 

Total

8 (100 %)

9 (100 %)

 

Duration of dementia caregiving role [years], mean (SD)

 

6.75 (3.57)

4.21 (3.32)

0.179

Intensity of dementia caregiving role [hours/week], mean (SD)

 

118.06 (68.93)

125.71 (72.27)

0.837

AQoL-8D, mean (SD)

Utility score

0.65 (0.23)

0.66 (0.14)

0.877

 

Independent living domain score

0.87 (0.13)

0.90 (0.11)

0.719

 

Happiness domain score

0.72 (0.14)

0.76 (0.08)

0.556

 

Mental health domain score

0.56 (0.12)

0.52 (0.08)

0.449

 

Coping domain score

0.78 (0.14)

0.74 (0.13)

0.568

 

Relationships domain score

0.69 (0.21)

0.63 (0.12)

0.498

 

Self-worth domain score

0.77 (0.18)

0.84 (0.09)

0.381

 

Pain domain score

0.75 (0.30)

0.76 (0.18)

0.941

 

Senses domain score

0.82 (0.18)

0.91 (0.11)

0.207

WebNeuro scores, mean (SD)

Stress

4.50 (2.05)

4.06 (1.59)

0.629

 

Depression

5.13 (2.33)

5.00 (2.02)

0.908

 

Anxiety

5.44 (2.31)

4.83 (2.75)

0.630

 

Negativity bias

2.63 (2.74)

2.11 (1.32)

0.639

 

Emotional resilience

5.81 (1.81)

5.50 (2.82)

0.787

 

Social skills

6.94 (1.24)

5.72 (2.49)

0.219

 

Response speed

4.07 (2.54)

6.88 (2.84)

0.065

 

Impulsivity

4.29 (2.69)

5.94 (2.99)

0.281

 

Attention & concentration

4.50 (2.04)

3.17 (2.54)

0.264

 

Information processing efficiency

3.13 (2.28)

3.89 (2.06)

0.482

 

Memory

4.29 (1.72)

4.67 (1.87)

0.680

 

Executive function

4.42 (3.26)

5.11 (2.52)

0.670

 

Emotion identification

4.07 (2.20)

3.44 (1.21)

0.495

 

Emotion bias

4.63 (2.68)

4.00 (1.99)

0.598

  1. AQoL-8D assessment of quality of life (8-dimension) instrument, SD standard deviation, TM Transcendental Meditation®, WLC wait-list control.