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Table 1 Description of the Sample

From: Effects of general practitioner training and family support services on the care of home-dwelling dementia patients - Results of a controlled cluster-randomized study

 

Patients (n = 390)

Informal caregivers (n = 357)

Age [m (s)]

80.3 (6.8)

59.4 (13.4)

Sex (% female)

68.2

73.3

Relationship (%)

  

• Marital partner

 

32.2

• Children/Children-in-law

 

59.1

• Other

 

8.7

Employed (%)

-

35.5

Shared living quarters (%)

68.6

68.6

Residence urban (> 100000 residents) (%)

24.4

 

Residence rural (< 100000 residents) (%)

75.6

 

MMSE [m (s)]

18.7 (3.8)

-

Mild dementia (18 - 24 points) (%)

65.1

 

Moderate dementia (10 - 17 points) (%)

34.9

 

Care level§ (%):

  

• none

57.4

 

• 1

21.8

 

• 2

18.0

 

• 3

2.8

 

Type of dementia (%)

  

• Alzheimer Type

37.2

 

• Vascular Dementia

27.4

 

• Mixed form

5.1

 

• not more precisely listed

30.3

 

Barthel-Index [m (s)]

72.9 (26.5)

 
  1. § Social care insurance = legal obligatory insurance for all non-self-employed workers, pays money and material help to people needing care. Need for care is estimated by experts: Level 1 means needs help for at least 90 min/day; Level 2 daily at least 3 h; Level 3 daily at least 4 h in performing activities of daily living (ADL) and household tasks.