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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants with mild to severe dementia (n = 378)

From: Scalability and internal consistency of the German version of the dementia-specific quality of life instrument QUALIDEM in nursing homes – a secondary data analysis

Characteristics

InDemA

STI-D

Leben-QD I

Total

n = 59 (15.6%)

n = 222 (58.7%)

n = 97 (25.7%)

n = 378 (100%)

Age in years, mean±SD

82.3 ± 10.4

87.0 ± 7.6

85.2 ± 6.2

85.8 ±8.0

Female, n (%)

41 (69.5)

174 (78.4)

82 (84.5)

297 (78.6)

PSMS, mean±SD

18.1 ± 4.9

18.1 ± 4.9

17.3 ± 5.5

17.9 ±5.0

Care dependency levelsa, n (%)

    

None

3 (5.1)

4 (1.8)

5 (5.1)

12 (3.2)

1

29 (49.2)

67 (30.2)

34 (35.1)

130 (34.4)

2

26 (44.0)

113 (50.9)

48 (49.5)

187 (49.5)

3

1 (1.7)

38 (17.1)

10 (10.3)

49 (12.9)

FAST Scoreb, n (%)

    

2

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (3.1)

3 (0.8)

3

1 (1.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.3)

4

14 (23.7)

3 (1.4)

8 (8.2)

25 (6.6)

5

23 (39.0)

2 (0.9)

7 (7.2)

32 (8.5)

6

21 (35.6)

217 (97.7)

79 (81.5)

317 (83.9)

Missing Values QUALIDEMc

2/2183

10/8214

9/3589

19/13986

  1. aAs determined by expert raters of the medical service of the statutory long-term care insurance.
  2. bThe different FAST scores were classified as follows: MMSE > 29 = FAST 1–2; 29 ≤ MMSE ≥ 24 = FAST 3; 23 ≤ MMSE ≥ 18 = FAST 4; 17 ≤  MMSE ≥ 14 = FAST 5; 13 ≤ MMSE ≥ 10 = FAST 6; and MMSE < 10 = FAST 7.
  3. cEach 37 QUALIDEM items per participant.