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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants (N = 140)

From: A dementia care training using mobile e-learning with mentoring support for home care workers: a controlled study

Variable

All (N = 140)

Intervention group (n = 70)

Control group (n = 70)

p

Age, year, mean (SD)

47.8 (7.9)

47.3 (7.1)

48.4 (8.7)

0.396

Sex

   

> 0.999

 female

138 (98.6)

69 (98.6)

69 (98.6)

 

 male

2 (1.4)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.4)

 

Marital status

   

0.624

 being married

92 (65.7)

43 (61.4)

49 (70.0)

 

 divorced

22 (15.7)

13 (18.6)

9 (12.9)

 

 widowed

20 (14.3)

10 (14.3)

10 (14.3)

 

 unmarried

6 (4.3)

4 (5.7)

2 (2.9)

 

Educational level

   

0.001

 elementary school

15 (10.7)

8 (11.4)

7 (10.0)

 

 junior high school

38 (27.1)

9 (12.9)

29 (41.4)

 

 senior high school and vocational school

72 (51.4)

45 (64.3)

27 (38.6)

 

 university

15 (10.7)

8 (11.4)

7 (10.0)

 

Job type

   

0.562

 full-time

127 (90.7)

65 (92.9)

62 (88.6)

 

 part-time

13 (9.3)

5 (7.1)

8 (11.4)

 

Years worked as a home care worker, mean (SD)

8.8 (5.3)

8.8 (5.1)

8.7 (5.5)

0.868

On-the-job educational training in previous year, hours

   

0.098

 None

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

1 (1.4)

 

 < 10

5 (3.6)

5 (7.1)

0 (0)

 

 10–20

25 (17.9)

12 (17.1)

13 (18.6)

 

 > 20

109 (77.9)

53 (75.7)

56 (80.0)

 

On-the-job educational training on dementia in previous year, hours

   

0.002

 None

15 (10.7)

5 (7.1)

10 (14.3)

 

 < 2

21 (15.0)

13 (18.6)

8 (11.4)

 

 3–6

25 (17.9)

12 (17.1)

13 (18.6)

 

 7–12

30 (21.4)

23 (32.9)

7 (10.0)

 

 > 12

49 (35.0)

17 (24.3)

32 (45.7)

 
  1. Data are n (%), unless otherwise stated. SD: standard deviation