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Table 5 Means, standard deviation, and comparison of levels on the Attitudes Toward Own Aging scale across seven dementia subtypes

From: Attitudes toward own aging and cognition among individuals living with and without dementia: findings from the IDEAL programme and the PROTECT study

Analysis of variance between dementia subtypes and attitudes toward own aging

Dementia subtypes

Attitudes toward own aging Mean (SD)

Contrast (95% CI)

Standard Error

Eta-squared

F-statistic (df); p

Alzheimer’s disease

2.53 (1.58)

(reference)

(reference)

0.03

7.79 (6); < .001

Vascular dementia

2.23 (1.70)

−0.30 (− 0.64 to 0.05)

0.13

  

Mixed (Alzheimer’s and vascular)

2.25 (1.48)

−0.28 (− 0.55 to − 0.01)

0.10

  

Frontotemporal dementia

2.35 (1.51)

−0.17 (− 0.75 to 0.41)

0.22

  

Parkinson’s disease dementia

1.21 (1.20)

−1.32 (−1.97 to −0.66)

0.25

  

Dementia with Lewy Bodies

1.63 (1.39)

−0.89 (−1.48 to − 0.31)

0.22

  

Unspecified/other

2.28 (1.71)

−0.25 (− 0.92 to 0.41)

0.25