From: A survey-based study of knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease among health care staff
Background characteristics | Unweighted number (Weighted %) | ADKS | F | df | Significance |
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Mean (SD) | |||||
Demographics | |||||
Gender (n = 356) | |||||
Male | 55 (21.5) | 23.53 (3.30) | 0.03 | 1,353 | .854 |
Female | 301 (78.5) | 23.61 (3.21) | |||
Age | |||||
<30 years | 41 (17.3) | 24.67 (2.85) | 5.01 | 2,356 | .007 |
30-50 years | 185 (51.7) | 23.49 (3.22) | |||
>50 years | 134 (31.0) | 23.07 (3.43) | |||
Professional Group | |||||
Nursing | 169 (46.2) | 23.90 (2.84) | 17.32 | 3,355 | <.001 |
Medicine | 11 (10.3) | 26.0 8 (1.80) | |||
Allied Health | 81 (11.8) | 23.87 (3.69) | |||
Support | 99 (31.7) | 22.14 (3.41) | |||
Work setting (n = 355) | |||||
Community | 100 (24.6) | 24.02 (3.44) | 2.42 | 1,353 | .121 |
Hospital | 255 (74.2) | 23.40 (3.18) | |||
Geographic Location | |||||
Urban Centre | 311 (87.6) | 23.56 (3.26) | 0.000 | 1,357 | .986 |
Rural Area | 49 (12.4) | 23.56 (3.00) | |||
Experience and education | |||||
Family history of dementia (n = 359) | |||||
Yes | 106 (29.4) | 23.91 (3.26) | 1.94 | 1,357 | .165 |
No | 253 (70.6) | 23.43 (3.26) | |||
Personal caring experience | |||||
Yes | 149 (41.4) | 23.88 (3.23) | 3.89 | 1,358 | .049 |
No | 211 (58.6) | 23.34 (3.28) | |||
Professional caring experience | |||||
Yes | 222 (62.2) | 24.38 (2.97) | 40.85 | 1,358 | <.001 |
No | 138 (37.8) | 22.22 (3.41) | |||
Tertiary Education | |||||
Yes | 92 (31.0) | 24.72 (3.09) | 21.58 | 1,358 | <.001 |
No | 268 (69.0) | 23.04 (3.21) | |||
Dementia training | |||||
Yes | 87 (20.7) | 24.32 (3.10) | 5.06 | 1,358 | .025 |
No | 273 (79.3) | 23.37 (3.28) | |||
Other dementia learning | |||||
Yes | 152 (41.4) | 24.06 (2.95) | 5.93 | 1,358 | .015 |
No | 208 (58.6) | 23.21 (3.43) | |||
Self rated dementia knowledge (n = 325) | 5.15 (2.23) | r = .367 | <.001 |