Table 3.
Background characteristics of formal carers in both the experimental and control groups who completed the semistructured interviews after the 4-week intervention.
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| Sex: female, n (%) | 17 (94) | 23 (96) | 0.0b (1) | —c | — | — | .99 | ||||||
| Age (y), mean (SD; range) | 45.7 (13.0; 20-62) | 43.6 (15.1; 18-63) | — | −0.470 (40) | — | — | .64 | ||||||
| Education, n (%) | — | — | 194.5 | −0.843 | .40 | ||||||||
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Elementary | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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Lower secondary education | 16 (89) | 19 (79) |
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Higher secondary education | 1 (6) | 2 (8) |
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University | 1 (6) | 3 (12) |
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Missing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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| Job role, n (%) | 2.5 (3) | — | — | — | .48 | ||||||||
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Carer | 6 (33) | 5 (21) |
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Nurse | 1 (6) | 0 (0) |
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Activity supervisor | 3 (17) | 6 (25) |
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Other | 8 (44) | 13 (54) |
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| Experience (y) in psychogeriatrics, mean (SD; range) | 5.22 (4.62; 1.0-16.0) | 10.75 (11.13; 1.0-40.0) | — | — | 165.5 | −1.297 | .20 | ||||||
aSignificance level set at P<.05.
bChi-square test with Yates continuity correction.
cNot applicable.