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Table 3 ADKS mean scores

From: Undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge of and attitudes toward people with alzheimer’s disease

 

Sample

M (SD)

1styear (n = 42)

M (SD)

2ndyear (n = 44)

M (SD)

3rdyear (n = 72)

M (SD)

4thyear (n = 117)

M (SD)

F

P

Post-hoc difference

Life impact (score out of 3)

2 (0.7)

2.1 (0.7)

1.8 (0.7)

2 (0.7)

2 (0.7)

0.7

0.5

No difference

Risk factors (score out of 6)

3.2 (1.1)

3.5 (1.1)

3.2 (1)

3.3 (1.1)

3 (1.2)

2.6

0.06

No difference

Symptoms (score out of 4)

2.1 (0.8)

2.1 (0.7)

2.2 (0.8)

2.1 (1)

2 (0.9)

0.5

0.5

No difference

Treatment and management (score out of 4)

2.8 (0.8)

2.8 (0.8)

2.7 (0.9)

2.8 (0.8)

2.9 (0.9)

0.6

0.5

No difference

Assessment and diagnosis (score out of 4)

2.8 (0.8)

3 (0.8)

2.8 (0.7)

2.6 (0.8)

2.8 (0.8)

1.7

0.1

No difference

Caregiving (score out of 5)

2.3 (1)

2.5 (1)

2.2 (0.8)

2.4 (1)

2.2 (1)

1.8

0.1

No difference

Course of the disease (score out of 4)

2.9 (0.9)

2.6 (0.8)

2.5 (0.8)

3 (1)

3.1 (0.8)

5

0.002a

4>1,2,3

Total ADKS (score out of 30)

18.3 (2.7)

18.9 (2.7)

17.7 (2.6)

18 (2.8)

18.1 (2.7)

1.6

0.1

No difference

  1. asignificant