Table 2 Knowledge, Attitudes, Sense of Competence and Job Satisfaction toward Dementia Care at baseline and 12-month follow up (N = 1264)
From: Capacity building for dementia care in community care services: a mixed methods approach
Measures | Possible range | Pretest, M (SD) | Posttest, M (SD) | Change in score, M (SD) | t statistics | Within-group ES, d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DKAS - Total scoreb | 0–50 | 27.7 (8.6) | 32.7 (7.6) | + 5.0 (8.0) | 20.4*** | 0.619 |
DKAS – Causes and characteristicsb | 0–14 | 7.7 (3.0) | 9.0 (2.7) | + 1.3 (3.0) | 14.1*** | 0.438 |
DKAS – Communication and behaviorb | 0–12 | 5.7 (2.8) | 7.2 (2.8) | + 1.5 (3.0) | 16.0*** | 0.495 |
DKAS – Care considerationsb | 0–12 | 8.3 (2.9) | 9.2 (2.6) | + 0.8 (3.1) | 8.5*** | 0.288 |
DKAS – Risk factors and health promotionb | 0–12 | 6.8 (2.7) | 7.3 (2.6) | + 0.6 (3.2) | 5.9*** | 0.157 |
DAS – Total scorea | 20–140 | 108.2 (12.1) | 117.3 (10.6) | + 8.9 (9.2) | 13.4*** | 0.983 |
DAS – Total scoreb | 102.2 (12.0) | 112.0 (11.2) | + 9.7 (11.9) | 26.6*** | 0.819 | |
DAS – Dementia knowledgea | 10–70 | 57.3 (5.8) | 60.9 (4.9) | + 3.6 (4.7) | 10.7*** | 0.782 |
DAS – Dementia knowledgeb | 48.4 (7.9) | 54.3 (7.0) | + 6.0 (7.5) | 25.9*** | 0.785 | |
DAS – Social comforta | 10–70 | 50.7 (8.4) | 56.3 (6.9) | + 5.6 (6.6) | 11.8*** | 0.871 |
DAS – Social comfortb | 53.9 (6.1) | 57.7 (5.5) | + 3.7 (6.4) | 19.2*** | 0.599 | |
SCIDS – Total scoreb | 17–68 | 43.2 (8.9) | 48.3 (7.6) | + 5.1 (8.2) | 21.4*** | 0.619 |
SCIDS – Professionalismb | 5–20 | 13.9 (3.2) | 15.2 (2.8) | + 1.3 (3.0) | 13.6*** | 0.425 |
SCIDS – Building relationshipb | 4–12 | 9.3 (2.2) | 10.6 (2.0) | + 1.3 (2.4) | 19.2*** | 0.545 |
SCIDS – Care challengesb | 4–12 | 9.3 (2.4) | 10.6 (2.1) | + 1.3 (2.4) | 17.9*** | 0.555 |
SCIDS – Sustaining personhoodb | 4–12 | 10.7 (2.4) | 11.9 (2.0) | + 1.2 (2.4) | 17.4*** | 0.501 |
SNCW– Total scorea | 32–160 | 117.4 (13.3) | 121.5 (14.0) | + 4.1 (12.1) | 4.8*** | 0.337 |
SNCW– Total scoreb | 119.7 (13.7) | 125.3 (14.6) | + 5.6 (12.2) | 14.6*** | 0.458 |