Community health professionals’ dementia knowledge, attitudes and care approach: a cross-sectional survey in Changsha, China

Table 4 Multiple regression analysis for the ADKS and DCAS (n = 390)

	Independent variables	B	SE	β	t value	p-value
ADKS	(Constant)	17.62	0.57		31.21	0.000
	Age(years)	0.05	0.02	0.16	2.59	0.010*
	Gender(male = 1)	−1.55	0.40	−0.21	−3.88	0.000*
	Marital Status(married = 1)	−0.10	0.37	−0.02	− 0.27	0.786
	Education(diploma = 1)	−0.55	0.31	−0.09	− 1.76	0.080
	Professional group(Doctor = 1)	1.44	0.35	0.23	4.08	0.000*
	Experience in caring for people with dementia(yes = 1)	0.75	0.30	0.12	2.54	0.012*
	R = 0.347 R² = 0.120 Adjusted R² = 0.106 F = 8.715 (P = 0.000)*
DCAS	(Constant)	27.13	0.65		42.06	0.000
	Age(years)	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.80	0.424
	Gender(male = 1)	−1.87	0.46	−2.22	−4.08	0.000*
	Marital Status(married = 1)	−0.04	0.42	−0.01	−0.09	0.926
	Education(diploma = 1)	−1.18	0.36	−0.03	−0.50	0.618
	Professional group(Doctor = 1)	1.65	0.40	0.24	4.09	0.000*
	Experience in caring for people with dementia(yes = 1)	0.78	0.34	0.11	2.31	0.021
	R = 0.284 R² = 0.081 Adjusted R² = 0.066 F = 5.598 (P = 0.000)*

ADKS Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale, DCAS Dementia Care Attitudes Scale, B unstandardized coefficients, SE Std. error of B, β, standardized coefficients
*p < 0.05

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