Table 2.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants
| Total (n = 130) |
Intervention (n = 62) |
Control (n = 68) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
| Mean | ± SD | Mean | ± SD | Mean | ± SD | p Value | ||
| Age | 63.9 | ± 13.6 | 62.1 | ± 14.6 | 65.6 | ± 12.5 | .142 | b |
| Gender, female | 92 | (70.8) | 46 | (74.2) | 46 | (67.6) | .412 | a |
| Living arrangement | ||||||||
| Living alone | 30 | (23.3) | 10 | (16.4) | 20 | (29.4) | .217 | a |
| Living with spouse only | 37 | (28.7) | 19 | (31.1) | 18 | (26.5) | ||
| Others | 62 | (48.1) | 32 | (52.5) | 30 | (44.1) | ||
| Involvement with people living with dementia | ||||||||
| Continuous | 23 | (18.3) | 6 | (10.2) | 17 | (25.4) | .087 | a |
| Once or short-term | 28 | (22.2) | 14 | (23.7) | 14 | (20.9) | ||
| Never | 75 | (59.5) | 39 | (66.1) | 36 | (53.7) | ||
| Experience of helping older adults, yes | 84 | (65.1) | 43 | (70.5) | 41 | (60.3) | .225 | a |
| Experience of caregiving | ||||||||
| Yes | 65 | (50.4) | 32 | (52.5) | 33 | (48.5) | .656 | a |
| For people living with dementia | 47 | (36.2) | 22 | (35.5) | 25 | (36.8) | .358 | a |
| Experience of attending dementia lectures, yes | 15 | (11.6) | 4 | (6.5) | 11 | (16.4) | .078 | a |
| Knowing the CGSC, yes | 104 | (80.6) | 48 | (77.4) | 56 | (83.6) | .376 | a |
| Attitude | ||||||||
| Total score | 40.4 | ± 5.7 | 40.1 | ± 5.4 | 40.7 | ± 6.0 | .549 | b |
| Tolerance | 16.1 | ± 2.4 | 16.1 | ± 2.3 | 16.2 | ± 2.5 | .875 | b |
| Refusal | 9.9 | ± 1.9 | 9.7 | ± 2.0 | 10.2 | ± 1.8 | .154 | b |
| Feeling of distance | 8.0 | ± 2.0 | 8.1 | ± 1.8 | 8.0 | ± 2.2 | .783 | b |
| Affinity | 6.4 | ± 1.4 | 6.2 | ± 1.5 | 6.5 | ± 1.2 | .236 | b |
| Intention of helping behavior | 11.5 | ± 2.6 | 11.5 | ± 2.5 | 11.5 | ± 2.8 | .979 | b |
| Knowledge | 8.8 | ± 1.3 | 9.0 | ± 1.2 | 8.7 | ± 1.3 | .217 | b |
Note: a = chi-squared test; b = Student’s t test; CGSC = community general support center; SD = standard deviation.