Table 2.
Service Recommendation, Compliance, and Use by the Intervention Group (N = 51) and Control Group (N = 43)a
| Service category | Recommended |
Compliedb (used when recommended) |
Usedc |
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| Intervention, N (%) | Control, N (%) | χ2 (1, 94) | Intervention, N (%) | Control, N (%) | χ2 (1, 79) | Intervention, N (%) | Control, N (%) | χ2 (1, 94) | |
| In-home services | 42 (82) | 37 (86) | 0.237 | 37 (88) | 33 (89) | 0 | 43 (84) | 37 (86) | 0.055 |
| Medical or behavioral health evaluation | 38 (75) | 1 (2) | 47.146*** | 10 (26) | 0 (NA) | NA | 11 (22) | 0 (0) | 8.520*** |
| Counseling or sociopsychological education | 27 (53) | 11 (26) | 7.251** | 16 (59) | 4 (36) | 1.089 | 19 (37) | 16 (37) | 0 |
| Support group | 31 (61) | 0 (0) | 36.297* | 10 (32) | 0 (NA) | NA | 17 (33) | 3 (7) | 8.166** |
| Education for caregiver that provides information or skills training | 23 (45) | 1 (2) | 20.255*** | 6 (26) | 1 (10) | NA | 27 (53) | 18 (42) | 1.148 |
| Adult day services | 10 (20) | 4 (09) | 1.226 | 4 (40) | 2 (50) | 0 | 7 (14) | 3 (7) | 0.521 |
| Assistive technologies | 4 (8) | 6 (14) | 0.386 | 1 (25) | 5 (83) | 1.406 | 8 (16) | 6 (14) | 0.055 |
Notes: aComplete data on service recommendations and use were available for 94 caregivers (51 intervention, 43 control) for the first three-month observation period.
b
Use of a given service when the service was recommended.
c
Use of a given service regardless of whether service was recommended.
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.