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Table 2 Average needs in total and per care domain for residents without dementia (n = 93) and for residents with dementia who completed the CANE themselves (n = 58) or for whom a proxi completed the CANE (n = 36)

From: A cross-sectional study to compare care needs of individuals with and without dementia in residential homes in the Netherlands

  

No dementia

Dementia

 
 

Range

M (SD)

Resident M (SD)

Carer M (SD)

p

Total needs

0-24

6.46 (1.41)ab

7.11 (1.97)b

10.33(2.69)ab

***

Total unmet needs

0-24

.14 (.47)ab

.39 (1.04)a

.83 (1.44)b

**

Total environmental needs

0-6

3.28 (.77)a

3.34 (.83)b

4.36 (.68)ab

***

Total physical needs

0-6

3.13 (1.10)a

3.53 (1.40)b

4.44 (1.50)ab

***

Total psychological needs

0-7

.06 (.23)ab

.29 (.55)ac

1.22 (.90)bc

***

Total social needs

0-5

.13 (.34)a

.32 (.76)b

1.14 (.83)ab

***

  1. **p < .01, *** p < .001.
  2. abc Groups with the same letter differ significantly from one another.