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Table 4 Results for attitudes of adolescents towards dementia and the elderly at different time points

From: Comparison of long-term effects of exergaming (Xbox one kinet) and companionship programs on attitude towards dementia and the older adults among adolescents: a quasi-experimental longitudinal study

 

Attitudes towards dementia

Attitudes towards the elderly a

β

95%CI

P

β

95%CI

P

Groups

 EGIV

2.257

-3.649–8.164

.454

6.797

-2.496–16.089

.152

 EGIII

-6.783

-11.794- -1.771

.008**

15.072

6.753–23.390

 < .001***

 EGII

0.416

-4.835–5.667

.877

8.706

.297–17.115

.042

 EGI

4.542

-1.258–10.342

.125

8.111

-.446–16.668

.063

CG (ref.)

      

Times

      

  Post-test 6th month

1.473

-2.457–5.402

.463

8.154

2.264–14.044

.007**

  Post-test 3rd month

2.762

-1.929–7.452

.249

6.137

-.157–12.430

.056

  Post-test 1st month

2.356

-1.430–6.141

.223

3.293

-3.424–10.009

.337

  Post-test

0.378

-2.449–3.206

.793

3.108

-3.185–9.402

.333

  Pre-test (ref.)

      

Groups \(\times\) Times

      

  EGIV \(\times\) Post-test 6th month

6.643

.263–13.023

.041*

-10.660

-19.309–2.011

.016*

  EGIV \(\times\) Post-test 3rd month

5.739

-1.695–13.172

.130

-8.873

-17.314–.433

.039*

  EGIV \(\times\) Post-test 1st month

4.716

-1.050–10.481

.109

-5.445

-15.136–4.246

.271

  EGIV \(\times\) Post-test

6.884

1.693–12.074

.009**

-9.156

-17.399–.913

.029*

  EGIII \(\times\) Post-test 6th month

11.665

5.121–18.210

 < .001***

-15.769

-23.453–8.084

 < .001***

  EGIII \(\times\) Post-test 3rd month

11.806

5.000–18.612

.001**

-16.889

-25.383–8.394

 < .001***

  EGIII \(\times\) Post-test 1st month

10.462

3.559–17.365

.003**

-14.406

-23.623–5.188

.002**

  EGIII \(\times\) Post-test

6.747

2.585–10.908

.001**

-7.008

-14.814-.798

.078

  EGII \(\times\) Post-test 6th month

3.063

-2.908–9.033

.315

-11.358

-19.142–3.574

.004**

  EGII \(\times\) Post-test 3rd month

5.351

-.661–11.363

.081

-11.802

-19.752–3.852

.004**

  EGII \(\times\) Post-test 1st month

4.210

-1.233–9.652

.129

-9.270

-17.968–.572

.037*

  EGII \(\times\) Post-test

5.036

.416–9.657

.033*

-11.181

-19.077–3.285

.006**

  EGI \(\times\) Post-test 6th month

-.317

-6.429–5.796

.919

-8.053

-16.288-.183

.055

  EGI \(\times\) Post-test 3rd month

-.463

-7.311–6.386

.895

-7.435

-15.680-.809

.077

  EGI \(\times\) Post-test 1st month

-.286

-6.567–5.996

.929

-3.763

-12.391–4.866

.393

  EGI \(\times\) Post-test

5.447

-.624–11.518

.079

-10.058

-19.085–1.031

.029*

Gender (ref. = female)

-2.660

-6.290-.970

.151

2.585

-1.985–7.154

.268

Age

4.225

2.040–6.409

 < .001***

-2.026

-4.907-.854

.168

School grade

-13.440

-20.351–6.528

 < .001***

8.434

-.556–17.9425

.066

Volunteer servicesb (ref. = no)

2.494

.358–5.346

.087

-4.558

-8.681–.435

.030*

  1. CI confidence interval, Ref reference group
  2. aa lower score indicated the better attitudes towards the elderly;
  3. bparticipation in volunteer services for the elderly; EGI = 5-week exergaming group; EGII = 5-week companion, group; EGIII = 8-week exergaming group; EGIV = 8-week companion group; CG control group
  4. * p < .05, ** p < .01, ***p < .001
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