Table 5 Physical and Mental Health
From: Carers’ experiences of assistive technology use in dementia care: a cross sectional survey
PCS | MCS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | ||
SF-12 Scores | 201 | 49.19 | 47.75–50.63 | 45.37 | 43.93–46.80 | |
Age Groups | < 45 | 20 | 54.78 | 52.53–57.02 | 49.52 | 45.37–53.68 |
46–65 | 105 | 51.62 | 49.81–53.43 | 43.76 | 41.70–45.82 | |
> 66 | 76 | 44.37 | 41.88–46.86 | 46.49 | 44.22–48.75 | |
p | 0.000 | 0.012 | ||||
Sex | Men | 65 | 49.28 | 46.67–51.89 | 49.23 | 47.35–51.10 |
Women | 131 | 49.10 | 47.32–50.88 | 43.37 | 41.46–45.29 | |
p | 0.536 | 0.002 | ||||
Living arrangements | Living with the person with dementia | 103 | 46.18 | 43.93–48.43 | 44.69 | 42.69–46.69 |
Living away from the person with dementia | 98 | 52.36 | 50.78–53.94 | 46.08 | 43.98–48.17 | |
p | < 0.001 | 0.244 | ||||
Marital status | Single | 17 | 52.70 | 46.77–58.63 | 41.65 | 35.49–47.81 |
Married/civil partnership | 158 | 49.30 | 47.71–50.88 | 46.11 | 44.53–47.69 | |
Divorced | 22 | 45.80 | 40.89–50.71 | 44.00 | 39.24–48.76 | |
Widowed | 3 | 54.08 | 47.00–61.17 | 43.42 | 21.34–65.50 | |
p | 0.063 | 0.515 | ||||
Relationship with person with dementia | Parent | 110 | 51.74 | 50.08–53.51 | 44.38 | 42.34–46.42 |
Sibling | 3 | 39.13 | 9.67–68.58 | 52.61 | 48.80–56.42 | |
Friend | 2 | 57.48 | 44.27–70.70 | 51.75 | 29.26–74.24 | |
Spouse | 72 | 44.86 | 42.17–47.54 | 46.27 | 44.00–48.54 | |
Grandparent | 3 | 57.80 | 50.22–65.37 | 49.56 | 24.03–75.10 | |
Other | 10 | 50.59 | 44.74–56.44 | 44.16 | 35.45–52.88 | |
p | < 0.001 | 0.436 | ||||
Highest level of education | Secondary school | 8 | 47.01 | 35.10–58.93 | 40.53 | 29.03–52.02 |
College | 58 | 50.45 | 47.80–53.10 | 43.85 | 41.10–46.60 | |
Undergraduate university degree | 76 | 47.64 | 45.16–50.13 | 47.03 | 44.88–49.17 | |
Postgraduate university degree | 51 | 49.81 | 47.14–52.47 | 45.38 | 42.32–48.45 | |
Other | 8 | 53.07 | 46.63–59.51 | 45.28 | 36.63–53.94 | |
p | 0.302 | 0.305 | ||||
Satisfaction with AT | Extremely satisfied | 70 | 48.71 | 46.32–51.10 | 48.26 | 46.29–50.22 |
Not extremely satisfied | 130 | 49.38 | 47.54–51.21 | 43.94 | 42.04–45.85 | |
P | 0.720 | 0.010 | ||||
Number of AT being used | Less than 5 AT | 76 | 49.20 | 46.95–51.46 | 46.16 | 43.88–48.44 |
5 or more AT | 125 | 49.19 | 47.30–51.08 | 44.88 | 43.02–46.75 | |
p | 0.757 | 0.561 | ||||
Coping with caring | Coped very well | 45 | 54.52 | 52.85–56.19 | 49.83 | 47.41–52.26 |
Coped quite well | 79 | 49.38 | 47.38–51.39 | 46.86 | 44.98–48.74 | |
Coped ok | 68 | 45.16 | 42.14–48.17 | 42.45 | 39.75–45.14 | |
Coped poorly | 9 | 51.37 | 42.80–59.95 | 32.00 | 21.65–42.35 | |
p | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||||
Relationship with the person with dementia | Very good | 50 | 51.90 | 49.85–53.96 | 48.47 | 45.99–50.96 |
Quite good | 107 | 47.18 | 45.15–49.21 | 46.23 | 44.38–48.09 | |
Fair | 34 | 51.68 | 47.72–55.64 | 40.59 | 36.83–44.35 | |
Quite poor | 5 | 45.45 | 25.56–65.35 | 35.00 | 20.23–49.77 | |
Very poor | 3 | 60.48 | 53.31–67.65 | 36.69 | 0.48–72.90 | |
p | 0.003 | 0.001 | ||||