Table 1.
Background characteristics and their relationship to dementia knowledge (N = 360)
| Background characteristics | Unweighted number (Weighted %) |
ADKS |
F | df | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | |||||
|
Demographics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gender (n = 356) | |||||
| Male |
55 (21.5) |
23.53 (3.30) |
0.03 |
1,353 |
.854 |
| Female |
301 (78.5) |
23.61 (3.21) |
|
|
|
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
| <30 years |
41 (17.3) |
24.67 (2.85) |
5.01 |
2,356 |
.007 |
| 30-50 years |
185 (51.7) |
23.49 (3.22) |
|
|
|
| >50 years |
134 (31.0) |
23.07 (3.43) |
|
|
|
|
Professional Group |
|
|
|
|
|
| Nursing |
169 (46.2) |
23.90 (2.84) |
17.32 |
3,355 |
<.001 |
| Medicine |
11 (10.3) |
26.0 8 (1.80) |
|
|
|
| Allied Health |
81 (11.8) |
23.87 (3.69) |
|
|
|
| Support |
99 (31.7) |
22.14 (3.41) |
|
|
|
|
Work setting (n = 355) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Community |
100 (24.6) |
24.02 (3.44) |
2.42 |
1,353 |
.121 |
| Hospital |
255 (74.2) |
23.40 (3.18) |
|
|
|
|
Geographic Location |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban Centre |
311 (87.6) |
23.56 (3.26) |
0.000 |
1,357 |
.986 |
| Rural Area |
49 (12.4) |
23.56 (3.00) |
|
|
|
|
Experience and education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family history of dementia (n = 359) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
106 (29.4) |
23.91 (3.26) |
1.94 |
1,357 |
.165 |
| No |
253 (70.6) |
23.43 (3.26) |
|
|
|
|
Personal caring experience |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
149 (41.4) |
23.88 (3.23) |
3.89 |
1,358 |
.049 |
| No |
211 (58.6) |
23.34 (3.28) |
|
|
|
|
Professional caring experience |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
222 (62.2) |
24.38 (2.97) |
40.85 |
1,358 |
<.001 |
| No |
138 (37.8) |
22.22 (3.41) |
|
|
|
|
Tertiary Education |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
92 (31.0) |
24.72 (3.09) |
21.58 |
1,358 |
<.001 |
| No |
268 (69.0) |
23.04 (3.21) |
|
|
|
|
Dementia training |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
87 (20.7) |
24.32 (3.10) |
5.06 |
1,358 |
.025 |
| No |
273 (79.3) |
23.37 (3.28) |
|
|
|
|
Other dementia learning |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
152 (41.4) |
24.06 (2.95) |
5.93 |
1,358 |
.015 |
| No |
208 (58.6) |
23.21 (3.43) |
|
|
|
| Self rated dementia knowledge (n = 325) | 5.15 (2.23) | r = .367 | <.001 |