Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants in memory clinic (MC) group and general practitioner (GP) group. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Characteristics | MC group (n=87) | GP group (n=88) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Caregiver | Patient | Caregiver | ||
| Female | 54 (62) | 62 (71) | 52 (59) | 61 (69) | |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 78.2 (6.2) | 63.2 (13.4) | 77.9 (5.2) | 63.9 (12.9) | |
| Type of dementia: | |||||
| Alzheimer’s disease | 53 (61) | – | 52 (59) | – | |
| Vascular dementia | 9 (10) | – | 6 (7) | – | |
| Mixed/other | 25 (29) | – | 30 (34) | – | |
| Severity of dementia: | |||||
| CDR 0.5 | 3 (3) | – | 5 (6) | – | |
| CDR 1 | 70 (80) | – | 69 (78) | – | |
| CDR 2 | 14 (16) | – | 14 (16) | – | |
| Relationship with caregiver: | |||||
| Partner | 46 (53) | – | 48 (55) | – | |
| Child (in law) | 36 (41) | – | 36 (41) | – | |
| Other | 5 (6) | – | 4 (5) | – | |
| Education,: | |||||
| Low | 31 (36) | 10 (11) | 30 (34) | 7 (8) | |
| Middle | 35 (40) | 52 (60) | 36 (41) | 56 (64) | |
| High | 20 (23) | 25 (29) | 21 (24) | 24 (27) | |
| Mean (SD) scores: | |||||
| SCQ | – | 107.9 (15.0) | – | 105.1 (13.7) | |
| QoL-AD patient, as rated by caregiver | 30.6 (5.2) | – | 30.7 (4.7) | – | |
| CIRS G | 9.2 (4.4) | – | 8.8 (4.6) | – | |
| MMSE | 22.7 (3.6) | – | 22.7 (4.2) | – | |
| GDS | 2.6 (2.5) | – | 2.6 (2.3) | – | |
| IDDD help needed | 13.8 (8.8) | – | 13.4 (9.1) | – | |
| IDDD take initiative | 13.2 (7.7) | – | 12.3 (6.8) | – | |
| NPI behaviour | 7.1 (6.1) | – | 7.7 (6.2) | – | |
| QoL-AD | 36.1 (4.2) | 37.6 (3.6) | 36.2 (4.4) | 38.5 (4.7) | |
| CES D | – | 9.3 (7.6) | – | 9.8 (7.6) | |
| NPI emotional | – | 9.1 (9.4) | – | 10.3 (8.8) | |
| STAI trait | – | 34.0 (10.2) | – | 34.6 (9.1) | |
| STAI state | – | 34.9 (9.7) | – | 36.5 (9.3) | |
| EPQ | – | 2.6 (3.2) | – | 3.0 (2.9) | |
| PMS | – | 16.5 (4.0) | – | 16.7 (4.7) | |
| ISB | – | 12.2 (3.0) | – | 12.3 (3.2) | |
CDR=clinical dementia rating scale (range 0-3; higher score indicates more severe dementia); CES D=Center for Epidemiologic Studies depression scale (range 0-60; higher score indicates more depressive); CIRS G=cumulative illness rating scale for geriatrics (range 0-56; higher score indicates more comorbidity); EPQ=Eysenck personality questionnaire, short version, neuroticism (range 0-12; higher score indicates more worried); GDS=geriatric depression scale (range 0-15; higher score indicates more depressive); IDDD=interview for deterioration in daily living activities in dementia (range for “help needed” 0-44; range for “take initiative” 0-36; higher score indicates more help needed or less initiative taken); ISB=inventory for measuring social involvement (range 4-16; higher score indicates more social support); MMSE=mini-mental state examination (range 0-30; higher score indicates better cognition); NPI behaviour=neuropsychiatric inventory in questionnaire format (range 0-36; higher score indicates more behavioural disturbance); NPI emotional= neuropsychiatric inventory in questionnaire format; range 0-60; higher score indicates more emotional problems); PMS=Pearlin mastery scale (range 7-35; higher score indicates less own control; QoL-AD=quality of life in Alzheimer’s disease (range 13-52; higher score indicates better quality of life); SCQ=sense of competence questionnaire (range 27-135; higher score reflects greater sense of competence); STAI=state-trait anxiety inventory (range 20-80; higher score indicates more anxiety.