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Table 4 Formal and informal care use before and during the lockdown by residency of caregivers (N = 105)

From: The consequences of COVID-19 lockdown for formal and informal resource utilization among home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the prospective PAN.DEM study

 

Co-residing caregivers

(n = 46)

Visiting caregivers

(n = 59)

P-valuea

Pre- lockdown

Lockdown

P-valueb

Pre- lockdown

Lockdown

P-valueb

 

Formal care hours in a month

 Home nursing

2.0 (4.3)

0.8 (3.1)

0.002

11.7 (12.4)

5.3 (12.1)

< 0.001

0.005

 Home help

0.4 (1.3)

0.01 (0.3)

0.235

1.1 (2.3)

0.5 (1.1)

< 0.001

0.287

 Daycare

15.1 (25.6)

0

< 0.001

15.8 (26.2)

0

< 0.001

0.879

 Total formal care

17.4 (26.5)

0.8 (3.3)

< 0.001

28.6 (31.1)

5.8 (12.7)

< 0.001

0.265

Informal care days in a month

 IADL

26.6 (8.9)

27.4 (7.5)

0.962

11.3 (9.6)

9.5 (8.7)

0.412

0.280

 ADL

10.3 (13.8)

18.1 (14.1)

0.050

4.3 (8.1)

6.2 (10.9)

0.322

0.035

 Supervision

13.0 (14.8)

20.9 (13.4)

0.004

6.2 (10.6)

15.0 (13.1)

0.001

0.773

  1. N = total sample, n number of patients, IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, ADL Basic Activities of Daily Living
  2. aWelch’s unequal variance t-test was used to compare the change between caregiver groups by residency
  3. bWilcoxon Signed-Rank test was used to compare change between time use in pre- and lockdown period
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