Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants at farm-based day care (FDC), comparing those who stopped attending FDC and those who continued at the FDC during the one-year follow-up period
From: Dropout from farm-based day care for people with dementia in Norway: a follow-up study
Characteristics | Stop attending FDC (N = 38) | Continue attending FDC (N = 54) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex, number (%) | |||
Male | 25 (64.1) | 32 (59.3) | 0.525(chi-square) |
Female | 13 (35.9) | 22 (40.7) | |
Marital status, number (%) | |||
Married/cohabitant | 27 (71.8) | 31 (57.4) | 0.182 (chi-square) |
Alone (single, widowed) | 11 (28.2) | 23 (42.6) | |
Education, number (%) | |||
Primary school | 8 (21.1) | 22 (40.7) | 0.047(chi-square) |
Higher education | 30 (79.9) | 32 (59.3) | |
Age, mean (SD) | 76.8 (7.4) | 74.9 (8.8) | 0.299 (t-test) |
Clinical dementia rating, (CDR-SOB), mean (SD) | 9.1 (3.3) | 6.2 (2.4) | < 0.001 (t-test) |
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPI), mean (SD) | 16.0 (14.8) | 9.1 (10.5) | 0.014 (t-test) |
- psychosis | 1.1 (1.5) | 0.6 (1.0) | 0.061 |
- affective | 1.9 (1.7) | 1.4 (1.8) | 0.167 |
- hyperactivity | 2.9 (2.1) | 1.5 (1.6) | 0.001 |
General medical health (GMHR), mean (SD) | 3.3 (0.7) | 3.2 (0.8) | 0.702 (t-test) |
Physical Self-Maintaining Scale (PSMS), mean (SD) | 10.4 (3.7) | 8.3 (2.4) | 0.003 (t-test) |
Social support (OSS-3), mean (SD) | 10.4a (2.0) | 11.3 (1.9) | 0.061 (t-test) |