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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Mar 25;59(4):681–686. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03327.x

Table 3.

Association between attitudes of dementia screening and having dementia caregiving experience adjusting for, age, gender, education, and race.

Caregivers$ Age Female Education African-American

Est. (SE) P* Est. (SE) P Est. (SE) P Est. (SE) P Est. (SE) P
Acceptance −7.4 (3.4) 0.03 −0.19 (0.16) 0.25 −1.7 (3.4) 0.61 0.05 (0.52) 0.92 2.1 (2.8) 0.46
Benefits 1.4 (2.0) 0.49 −0.24 (0.09) < 0.01 −0.2 (1.9) 0.91 0.30 (0.30) 0.32 −1.3 (1.6) 0.42
Stigma −3.0 (1.9) 0.12 0.17 (0.09) 0.06 −1.0 (1.8) 0.61 −0.41 (0.29) 0.15 −1.2 (1.6) 0.48
Independence −3.0 (2.3) 0.20 0.23 (0.11) 0.04 −0.2 (2.3) 0.92 −1.06 (0.35) < 0.01 −0.2 (1.9) 0.91
Suffering 5.8 (2.8) 0.04 0.04 (0.13) 0.74 −4.4 (2.8) 0.11 0.29 (0.42) 0.49 −6.9 (2.3) <0.01
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Caregiver versus non-caregiver cohorts; SE: standard Error; P: P value, Est: Regression Parameter Estimate