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Table 2 Characteristics of the people with dementia

From: The effect of a multimodal comprehensive care methodology for family caregivers of people with dementia

 

Total (n = 148)

Data available (n = 101)

Lost to follow upa (n = 47)

Pb

Age, n (%)

 65–74 years

28 (18.9)

18 (17.8)

10 (21.3)

0.06

 75–84 years

51 (34.5)

36 (35.6)

15 (31.9)

0.5

  ≥ 85 years

69 (46.6)

47 (46.5)

22 (46.8)

0.29

Women, n (%)

102 (68.9)

68 (67.3)

34 (72.3)

0.57

Aetiology of dementia, n (%)

 Alzheimer’s disease

63 (42.6)

42 (41.6)

21 (44.7)

0.73

 Lewy body dementia

9 (6.1)

8 (7.9)

1 (2.1)

0.27

 Vascular dementia

10 (6.8)

9 (8.9)

1 (2.1)

0.17

 Other type of dementia

4 (2.7)

2 (2.0)

2 (4.3)

0.59

 Dementia with undetermined aetiology

62 (41.9)

40 (39.6)

22 (44.7)

0.48

Support need level, n (%)

 Level 1

9 (6.1)

7 (6.9)

2 (4.3)

0.71

 Level 2

5 (3.4)

2 (2.0)

3 (6.4)

0.32

Care need level, n (%)

 Level 1

40 (27.0)

28 (27.7)

12 (25.5)

0.84

 Level 2

21 (14.2)

11 (11.0)

10 (21.3)

0.13

 Level 3

33 (22.3)

23 (22.8)

10 (21.3)

1.0

 Level 4

16 (10.8)

15 (14.9)

1 (2.1)

0.02

 Level 5

9 (6.1)

8 (7.9)

1 (2.1)

0.27

Medication, n (%)

59 (39.9)

37 (36.6)

22 (46.8)

0.28

  1. a Lost to follow up: 26 patients were excluded due to non-response, 19 patients were excluded due to missing Behave-AD data, 1 patient was excluded due to hospital admission and 1 patient was excluded due to death
  2. b The Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test were used to compare the available data and the data of those lost to follow up. The threshold for statistical significance was set at p < 0.05