The Relationship between Clinic Visit Accompanied by Family and Dementia Severity in Taiwan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Measurements
2.3. Statistical Analysis
2.4. Ethics Approval
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of the Study Sample
3.2. Patient Characteristics, Family Status, and CDR Scores
3.3. Binary Logistic Regressions
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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N | % | |
---|---|---|
CDR | ||
≤1.0 | 196 | 61.6 |
2.0 | 107 | 33.6 |
3.0 | 15 | 4.8 |
Sex | ||
Female | 191 | 39.9 |
male | 127 | 60.1 |
Age | Mean ± SD = 78.86 ± 8.51 | |
≤64 | 18 | 5.7 |
65–74 | 64 | 19.8 |
75–84 | 146 | 45.9 |
≥85 | 91 | 28.6 |
Marriage status | ||
Unmarried | 7 | 1.6 |
Married | 307 | 96.5 |
Divorced/separated | 2 | 1.9 |
Educational level (years) | ||
Illiterate | 93 | 29.2 |
≤6 | 129 | 40.6 |
≥7 | 96 | 30.2 |
Companion to clinic visit | ||
Self | 22 | 6.9 |
Spouse | 69 | 21.7 |
Son/daughter-in-law | 129 | 40.6 |
Daughter | 76 | 23.9 |
Others | 22 | 6.9 |
Main caregiver | ||
Alone with/without caregiver | 56 | 17.6 |
Spouse with/without daughter | 100 | 31.4 |
Son | 141 | 44.3 |
Daughter | 21 | 6.6 |
Total | 318 | 100.0 |
CDR Scores p Value N (%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
≤1.00 | ≥2.00 | Total | ||
Gender | 0.224 | |||
Female | 114 (59.7) | 77 (40.3) | 191 (100) | |
Male | 82 (64.6) | 45 (35.4) | 127 (100) | |
Age ** | 0.001 | |||
≤64 | 13 (72.2) | 5 (27.8) | 18 (100) | |
65–74 | 48 (76.2) | 15 (23.8) | 63 (100) | |
75–84 | 93 (63.7) | 53 (36.3) | 146 (100) | |
≥85 | 42 (46.2) | 49 (53.8) | 91 (100) | |
Educational level (years) ** | <0.001 | |||
Illiterate | 40 (43.0) | 53 (57.0) | 93 (100) | |
≤6 | 86 (66.7) | 43 (33.3) | 129 (100) | |
≥7 | 70 (72.9) | 26 (27.1) | 96 (100) | |
Companion to clinic visit *** | <0.001 | |||
Self | 20 (90.9) | 2 (9.1) | 22 (100) | |
Spouse | 45 (65.2) | 24 (34.8) | 69 (100) | |
Son/daughter-in-law | 67 (51.9) | 62 (48.1) | 129 (100) | |
Daughter | 57 (75.0) | 19 (25.0) | 76 (100) | |
Others | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) | 22 (100) | |
Main caregiver * | 0.035 | |||
Alone with/without caregiver | 34 (60.7) | 22 (39.3) | 56 (100) | |
Spouse | 73 (73.0) | 27 (27.0) | 100 (100) | |
Daughter | 11 (52.4) | 10 (47.6) | 21 (100) | |
Son | 78 (55.3) | 63 (44.7) | 141 (100) |
OR | 95% C.I. | p Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Age | |||
≤64 | Reference | ||
65–74 | 0.873 | 0.255–2.989 | 0.829 |
75–84 | 1.084 | 0.336–3.493 | 0.893 |
≥85 | 2.289 | 0.696–7.522 | 0.173 |
Educational level | |||
Illiterate | 2.725 | 1.337–5.553 | 0.006 |
≤6 | 1.193 | 0.630–2.261 | 0.588 |
≥7 | Reference | ||
Companion to clinic visit | |||
Self | Reference | ||
Spouse | 10.783 | 1.996–58.245 | 0.006 |
Son/daughter-in-law | 7.733 | 1.545–38.699 | 0.013 |
Daughter | 2.742 | 0.544–13.813 | 0.221 |
Others | 18.871 | 3.117–114.237 | 0.001 |
Main caregiver | |||
Alone with/without caregiver | Reference | ||
Spouse | 0.528 | 0.218–1.276 | 0.156 |
Son | 2.664 | 0.812–8.737 | 0.106 |
Daughter | 0.952 | 0.457–1.980 | 0.895 |
R2 = 0.231 |
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Chang, C.-Y.; Lan, S.-J.; Chu, C.-L.; Ho, C.-S. The Relationship between Clinic Visit Accompanied by Family and Dementia Severity in Taiwan. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1792. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041792
Chang C-Y, Lan S-J, Chu C-L, Ho C-S. The Relationship between Clinic Visit Accompanied by Family and Dementia Severity in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(4):1792. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041792
Chicago/Turabian StyleChang, Chih-Yen, Shou-Jen Lan, Chiao-Lee Chu, and Ching-Sung Ho. 2021. "The Relationship between Clinic Visit Accompanied by Family and Dementia Severity in Taiwan" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 1792. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041792