Table 4 Intervention-related outcomes: evaluation of the brief telephone intervention (n = 147)
Changes due to brief telephone intervention | Scale | Severity of cognitive decline | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MCIa | Mild dementiab | Moderate dementiac | |||
(n = 31) | (n = 60) | (n = 56) | (n = 147) | ||
Challenging behavioursd, no.(%) | Strongly agree | 14 (45.2) | 31 (51.7) | 20 (35.7) | 65 (44.2) |
Neither agree nor disagree | 11 (35.5) | 18 (30.0) | 14 (25.0) | 43 (29.3) | |
Strongly disagree | 6 (19.4) | 11 (18.3) | 22 (39.3) | 39 (26.5) | |
Own needse, no.(%) | Strongly agree | 15 (48.4) | 27 (45.0) | 19 (33.9) | 61 (41.5) |
Neither agree nor disagree | 10 (32.3) | 23 (38.3) | 20 (35.7) | 53 (36.1) | |
Strongly disagree | 6 (19.4) | 10 (16.7) | 17 (30.4) | 33 (22.4) | |
Dealing with important Topicsf, no.(%) | Strongly agree | 21 (67.7) | 52 (86.7) | 35 (62.5) | 108 (73.5) |
Neither agree nor disagree | 6 (19.4) | 6 (10.0) | 11 (19.6) | 23 (15.6) | |
Strongly disagree | 4 (12.9) | 2 (3.3) | 10 (17.9) | 16 (10.9) | |
Specific changes in care situationg, no.(%) | Strongly agree | 10 (32.3) | 19 (31.7) | 21 (37.5) | 50 (34.0) |
Neither agree nor disagree | 5 (16.1) | 7 (11.7) | 8 (14.3) | 20 (13.6) | |
Strongly disagree | 16 (51.6) | 34 (56.7) | 27 (48.2) | 77 (52.4) | |