Table 7 Comparison of clinical outcome measures based on most likely class outcome
Outcome measures | Classes | p-value (Wald-Test) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Class size (in %) | 22.9 | 17.1 | 8.8 | 14.0 | 31.4 | 5.8 | |
Quality of life persons living with dementia (QoL-AD, 3–52)a | 28.8 | 26.2 | 27.2 | 30.1 | 29.6 | 29.7 | < 0.001 |
Social inclusion of persons living with dementia (SACA, 1–32) | 24.1 | 24.2 | 25.4 | 23.2 | 24.9 | 24.7 | 0.23 |
Subjective caregiver burden due to … (BIZA-D PV) | |||||||
cognitive losses (0–16) | 7.7b (0.46) | 9.6 (0.55) | 3.7 (0.74) | 7.5 (0.36) | 8.7 (0.35) | 9.4 (0.81) | < 0.001 |
aggression and resistance (0–20) | 5.3 (0.44) | 7.3 (0.70) | 2.7 (0.59) | 5.5 (0.63) | 6.8 (0.42 | 7.2 (1.04) | < 0.001 |
personal constraints/health (0–20) | 6.7 (0.58) | 10.5 (0.70) | 6.6 (1.14) | 8.9 (0.42) | 7.2 (0.63) | 10.7 (1.07) | < 0.001 |
lack of social recognition (0–24) | 7.1 (0.48) | 9.4 (0.61) | 8.6 (1.06) | 6.0 (0.68) | 7.0 (0.42) | 11.1 (1.02) | < 0.001 |
Health status informal caregiver (EQ VAS, 0–100) | 75.2 | 65.1 | 74.9 | 61.7 | 61.0 | 62.4 | < 0.001 |
Stability of care arrangement (0–3) | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.016 |