Table 2 Results of ranking and rating of Dementia Quality of life Instrument (DQI) domains by professionals
Ranking task; Range: 1 (lowest importance) to 5 (highest importance) | |||||
Memory | Orientation | Independence | Social activities | Mood | |
Total group | 2.55* | 2.30 | 3.68 | 2.69 | 3.78 |
Nurses | 2.77 | 2.39 | 3.86 | 2.66 | 3.31 |
Nursing assistants | 2.66 | 2.39 | 3.14 | 2.54 | 4.26 |
Geriatricians and residents | 2.52 | 2.00 | 4.02 | 2.88 | 3.61 |
Elderly-care physicians | 1.69 | 2.19 | 3.96 | 3.04 | 4.11 |
SW† and psychologists | 2.44 | 2.61 | 3.89 | 2.44 | 3.56 |
Rating task; Range: 1 (not valuable) to 10 (very valuable) | |||||
Memory | Orientation | Independence | Social activities | Mood | |
Total group | 7.2 (2.0)‡ | 7.0 (1.6) | 8.2 (1.5) | 7.7 (1.3) | 8.5 (1.4) |
Nurses | 7.9 (1.5) | 7.5 (1.4) | 8.5 (1.4) | 7.8 (1.3) | 8.3 (1.4) |
Nursing assistants | 6.9 (2.3) | 6.9 (1.5) | 7.5 (1.5) | 7.6 (1.4) | 8.9 (1.1) |
Geriatricians and residents | 7.0 (1.9) | 6.6 (1.8) | 8.4 (1.4) | 7.6 (1.1) | 8.2 (1.4) |
Elderly-care physicians | 6.7 (1.8) | 6.9 (1.4) | 8.4 (1.6) | 7.7 (1.5) | 8.8 (1.0) |
SW and psychologists | 7.4 (1.7) | 7.5 (1.5) | 8.6 (1.6) | 7.7 (1.0) | 8.6 (1.2) |