From: DEMQOL and DEMQOL-Proxy: a Rasch analysis among those diagnosed with dementia
 | Subsample dementia | Full sample |
---|---|---|
Characteristics | n (%) | n (%) |
PWD | ||
Sex | ||
 Male | 204 (46.3) | 682 (47.8) |
 Female | 237 (53.7) | 746 (52.2) |
Age | ||
  < 73 | 68 (15.4) | 352 (24.6) |
 73–78 | 102 (23.1) | 334 (23.4) |
 79–83 | 141 (32.0) | 352 (24.6) |
  > 83 | 130 (29.5) | 390 (27.3) |
Ethnicity | ||
 White/White British | 415 (94.5) | 1343 (94.0) |
 Other ethnicity | 24 (5.5) | 78 (5.5) |
 Missing | 2 | 7 |
Deprivation quintilesa | ||
 1 – least deprived | 125 (28.9) | 349 (24.9) |
 2 | 96 (22.2) | 299 (21.4) |
 3 | 78 (18.0) | 280 (20.0) |
 4 | 70 (16.2) | 253 (18.1) |
 5 – most deprived | 64 (14.8) | 219 (15.6) |
 Missing | 8 | 28 |
Number of comorbiditiesb | ||
 0 | 96 (21.8) | 315 (22.1) |
 1 | 121 (27.4) | 376 (26.3) |
 2 | 107 (24.3) | 332 (23.2) |
 3 | 71 (16.1) | 232 (16.2) |
 4 or more | 46 (10.4) | 173 (12.2) |
 Missing | 0 | 6 |
Carers: | ||
Sex | ||
 Male | 110 (32.2) | 312 (30.5) |
 Female | 232 (67.8) | 710 (69.5) |
Age (y) | ||
  < 57 | 75 (21.9) | 245 (24.0) |
 57–67 | 74 (21.6) | 254 (24.9) |
 68–76 | 90 (26.3) | 272 (26.6) |
  > 76 | 103 (30.1) | 251 (24.6) |
Ethnicity | ||
 White/White British | 323 (95.6) | 958 (95.2) |
 Other ethnicity | 15 (4.4) | 48 (4.8) |
 Missing | 4 | 16 |
Relationship | ||
 Husband/wife/partner | 214 (63.1) | 615 (61.0) |
 Son/daughter | 94 (27.7) | 295 (29.2) |
 Son/daughter-in-law | 11 (3.2) | 25 (2.5) |
 Sibling | 6 (1.8) | 14 (1.4) |
 Other relative | 6 (1.8) | 28 (2.8) |
 Friend | 3 (0.9) | 16 (1.6) |
 Neighbour | 3 (0.9) | 7 (0.7) |
 Other | 2 (0.6) | 9 (0.9) |
 Missing | 3 | 13 |
Living with relative/friend | ||
 Yes | 237 (70.3) | 683 (68.0) |
 No | 100 (29.7) | 321 (32.0) |
 Missing | 5 | 18 |