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Table 2 Sample characteristics at baseline and types of DCN

From: Quality of life in persons with dementia using regional dementia care network services in Germany: a one-year follow-up study

  

Stakeholder (n = 119)

Organization (n = 82)

Hybrid (n = 109)

Mission (n = 97)

p-value

Age in years (mean, sd)

78.7 (8.8)

80.6 (8.0)

78.5 (8.3)

79.1 (8.6)

0.333a

Sex (n, %)

 female

43 (36.1)

31 (38.3)

40 (36.7)

48 (49.5)

<  0.174b

 male

76 (63.9)

50 (61.7)

69 (63.3)

49 (50.5)

Living situation of caregiver (n, %)

 Together

78 (66.1)

50 (62.5)

60 (55.0)

64 (66.0)

0.025 b

 nearby

33 (28.0)

22 (27.5)

27 (24.8)

17 (17.5)

 Greater distance

7 (5.9)

8 (10.0)

22 (20.2)

16 (16.5)

Social Index (Scheuch-Winkler) (n, %)

 low

65 (67.0)

16 (36.4)

60 (75.9)

42 (51.2)

<  0.001 b

 middle

27 (27.8)

25 (56.8)

11 (13.9)

28 (34.1)

 high

5 (5.2)

3 (6.8)

8 (10.1)

12 (14.6)

Impairment by dementia (FAST, 0–7) (n, %)

 up to moderate (FAST ≤5)

8 (7.1)

5 (6.3)

8 (7.4)

14 (14.9)

0.082b

 severe (FAST 6)

59 (52.2)

32 (40.5)

53 (49.1)

33 (35.1)

 very severe (FAST 7)

46 (40.7)

42 (53.2)

47 (43.5)

47 (50.0)

Depression (GDS)

 score (0–15); mean (sd)

5.4 (3.7)

5.3 (3.4)

4.4 (3.3)

3.3 (2.9)

<  0.001 a

Challenging behavior (CMAI) (n, %)

 Physically non-aggressive behavior

yes

152 (37.9)

52 (35.4)

0.330b

249 (62.1)

<  0.101f

no

249 (62.1)

95 (64.6)

 

158 (38.8)

 Verbally agitated behavior

yes

161 (40.0)

60 (40.3)

0.519b

241 (60.0)

<  0.648f

no

241 (60.0)

89 (59.7)

 

166 (40.0)

 Aggressive behavior

yes

59 (14.8)

26 (17.6)

0.251b

59 (14,8)

<  1.000f

no

340 (85.2)

122 (82.4)

 

348 (85.2)

At least 1 challenging behavior

yes

307 (76.4)

115 (78.2)

0.369 b

307 (76.4)

<  0.272f

no

95 (23.6)

32 (21.8)

 

100 (23.6)

Capacities of daily living (IADL, 0–8); mean (sd)

1.9 (2.1)

1.9 (1.6)

2.3 (1.9)

2.5 (2.0)

<  0.050 a

Quality of life (QoL-AD, 13–52); mean (sd)

27.8 (5.6)

28.6 (5.3)

29.0 (5.4)

29.0 (5.4)

0.003 a

Caregiver Burden (BIZAD_ADL, 0–16) (mean, sd)

7.1 (5.1)

6.3 (5.1)

5.4 (4.5)

4.9 (5.0)

0.008 a

  1. a ANOVA; b Fisher’s exact test; c chi-square-test; d Bowker’s Test; e paired sample t-test; f McNemar’s Test, DCN: regional dementia care network, sd standard deviation, FAST Functional Assessment Staging, GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, CMAI Cohen-Mansfield-Agitation Inventory, IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, QoL-AD Quality of Life Alzheimer’s Disease, BIZA-D Berliner Inventar zur Angehörigenbelastung – Demenz; underlined values are most favorable values, bold indicates significant results at significance level 0.05