Table 2 Personality trait groupings and descriptive statistics
Trait | Group | People with dementia | Caregivers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Range | n (%) | Mean (SD) | Range | n (%) | Mean (SD) | ||
Neuroticism | Low | 4–7 | 321 (21.9) | 5.7 (1.18) | 4–8 | 280 (22.8) | 6.6 (1.30) |
Medium | 8–12 | 806 (55.1) | 9.9 (1.42) | 9–13 | 704 (57.3) | 11.0 (1.37) | |
High | 13–20 | 336 (23.0) | 15.0 (1.86) | 14–20 | 244 (19.9) | 15.3 (1.52) | |
Extraversion | Low | 4–8 | 286 (19.5) | 6.5 (1.39) | 4–9 | 275 (22.5) | 7.5 (1.41) |
Medium | 9–14 | 833 (56.7) | 11.4 (1.71) | 10–14 | 653 (53.3) | 12.1 (1.40) | |
High | 15–20 | 351 (23.9) | 16.7 (1.55) | 15–20 | 296 (24.2) | 16.4 (1.32) | |
Conscientiousness | Low | 4–11 | 373 (25.5) | 9.7 (1.48) | 6–13 | 273 (22.2) | 11.8 (1.38) |
Medium | 12–15 | 691 (47.3) | 13.5 (1.10) | 14–17 | 641 (52.2) | 15.5 (1.10) | |
High | 16–20 | 397 (27.2) | 17.3 (1.28) | 18–20 | 314 (25.6) | 18.8 (0.78) | |
Openness | Low | 4–10 | 329 (22.8) | 8.7 (1.52) | 5–11 | 339 (28.0) | 9.8 (1.38) |
Medium | 11–15 | 824 (57.2) | 12.9 (1.30) | 12–15 | 610 (50.3) | 13.3 (1.09) | |
High | 16–20 | 287 (19.9) | 17.5 (1.42) | 16–20 | 263 (21.7) | 17.4 (1.35) | |
Agreeableness | Low | 6–13 | 322 (21.9) | 11.6 (1.40) | 6–14 | 299 (24.3) | 12.7 (1.49) |
Medium | 14–17 | 706 (48.1) | 15.7 (1.05) | 15–18 | 627 (51.0) | 16.5 (1.06) | |
High | 18–20 | 440 (30.0) | 18.9 (0.81) | 19–20 | 303 (24.7) | 19.5 (0.50) | |