Table 1.
Characteristics of physicians, patients, and companions.
| Physicians (n = 10) |
Patients (n = 90) |
Companions (n = 90) |
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| M/n | SD/% | M/n | SD/% | M/n | SD/% | |
| Age (yrs.) | – | – | 71.1 | 8.0 | 62.9 | 13.5 |
| Female | 4 | 40% | 54 | 60% | 64 | 71% |
| White | 8 | 80% | 79 | 88% | 79 | 88% |
| Education (yrs.) | – | – | 14.8 | 3.1 | 15.1 | 2.8 |
| ADRC Experience (yrs.) | 8.20 | 7.30 | – | – | – | – |
| Specialty | ||||||
| Neurology | 5 | 50% | – | – | – | – |
| Geriatrics | 4 | 40% | – | – | – | – |
| Geriatric Psychiatry | 1 | 10% | – | – | – | – |
| Diagnostic outcome | ||||||
| CDR 0 (no dementia) | – | – | 29 | 32% | – | – |
| CDR 0.5 (very mild dementia) | – | – | 40 | 45% | – | – |
| CDR 1 (mild dementia) | – | – | 21 | 23% | – | – |
| Dementia Type | ||||||
| Dementia of the Alzheimer Type | – | – | 50 | 56% | – | – |
| Frontotemporal Dementia | – | – | 2 | 2% | – | – |
| Diffuse Lewy Body Disease | – | – | 2 | 2% | – | – |
| Posterior Cortical Dysfunction | – | – | 1 | 1% | – | – |
| Medication-Induced Cognitive Dysfunction | – | – | 1 | 1% | – | – |
| Other/Unclear | – | – | 5 | 6% | – | – |
| Relationship to patient | ||||||
| Spouse/Partner | – | – | – | – | 55 | 61% |
| Child | – | – | – | – | 20 | 22% |
| Other family | – | – | – | – | 9 | 10% |
| Friend | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7% |
Note. Information on race was not reported by three companions.