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Age, mean (SD)
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80.2 (7.2)
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82.4 (8.8)
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80.0 (9.2)
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F = 2.50, p = 0.08
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Gender: male, N (%)
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62 (56.4%)
|
55 (55.6%)
|
34 (35.1%)
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χ2 = 11.62, p = 0.003
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Residential status: care home (v own household), N (%)
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6 (5.5%)
|
17 (17.0%)
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40 (41.2%)
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χ2 = 41.59, p < 0.0001
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Ethnicity: White British, N (%)
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105 (96.3%)
|
88 (89.8%)
|
88 (90.7%)
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χ2 = 13.03, p = 0.37
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Diagnosis:
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χ2 = 4.28, p = 0.83
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AD, N (%)
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63 (63.0%)
|
55 (57.9%)
|
58 (61.1%)
| |
|
VaD, N (%)
|
13 (13.0%)
|
12 (12.6%)
|
14 (14.7%)
| |
|
LBD, N (%)
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2 (2.0%)
|
1 (1.1%)
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3 (3.2%)
| |
|
FTD, N (%)
|
4 (4.0%)
|
4 (4.2%)
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1 (1.1%)
| |
|
Other, N (%)
|
18 (18.0%)
|
23 (24.2%)
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19 (20.0%)
| |
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sMMSE (↑ better cognition), mean (SD)
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24.6 (0.2)
|
15.1 (2.9)
|
3.6 (3.2)
|
F = 1360.36, p < 0.0001
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QOL SELF-REPORT
|
|
DEMQOL (↑ better QoL), mean (SD)
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90.5 (13.18)
|
92.8 (12.6)
|
–
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t = −1.23, p = 0.22
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CASP total (↑ better QoL), mean (SD)
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40.9 (9.5)
|
40.1 (8.0)
|
–
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t = 0.58 p = 0.61
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EQ-5D Index (↑ better QoL), mean (SD)
|
0.8 (0.2)
|
0.8 (0.2)
|
–
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t = −0.08, p = 0.94
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QOL PROXY-REPORT
|
|
DEMQOL-Proxy (↑ better QoL), mean (SD)
|
93.5 (13.7)
|
94.3 (14.4)
|
98.1 (13.0)
|
F = 3.18, p = 0.04
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EQ-5D-proxy Index (↑ better QoL), mean (SD)
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0.7 (0.3)
|
0.5 (0.3)
|
0.4 (0.3)
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F = 26.76, p < 0.0001
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COMORBIDITIES
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NPI total (↑ more neuropsychiatric symptoms), mean (SD)
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12.7 (11.0)
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20.1 (15.5)
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24.1 (16.3)
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F = 15.51, p < 0.0001
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