Table 3.
Demographic Characteristics of the First 137a Patients Attending Full-Day Clinic
| All Patients (N = 137) | Rural (N = 126) | Remoteb (N = 11) | ||
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| Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
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| Age | 72.9 (10.9) | 42 – 91 | 73.4 (10.6) | 69.6 (13.4) |
| Years of formal education | 10.6 (2.9) | 3 – 19 | 10.6 (2.9) | 11.5 (3.5) |
| Distance to telehealth (1 way) (kms.) | 39.0 (49.1) | 1 – 206 | 41.0 (49.9) | 15.3 (31.0) |
| Distance to memory clinic (1 way) (kms.) | 252.7 (115.1) | 103 – 595 | 233.2 (94.9) | 476.8 (85.7) |
| Distance saved by telehealth vs. in-person appointment (1 way) (kms.) | 213.8 (116.6) | −49 – 594.0 | 192.1 (91.5) | 461.6 (81.8) |
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| Frequency | (Percent) | F (%) | F (%) | |
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| Sex (N=137) | ||||
| Male | 55 | (40.1) | 51 (40.5) | 4 (36.4) |
| Female | 82 | (59.9) | 75 (59.5) | 7 (63.6) |
| Country of birth (N = 128) | ||||
| Canada | 119 | (93.0) | 112 (93.3) | 7 (87.5) |
| Other | 9 | (7.0) | 8 (6.7) | 1 (12.5) |
| Ancestry (N=113) | ||||
| First Nations | 5 | (4.4) | 1 (.9) | 4 (57.1) |
| Métis | 2 | (1.8) | 1 (.9) | 1 (14.3) |
| European | 79 | (69.9) | 78 (73.6) | 1 (14.3) |
| Other | 27 | (23.9) | 26 (24.5) | 1 (14.3) |
| Language most often spoken at home (N=113) | ||||
| English | 106 | (93.8) | 103 (97.2) | 3 (42.9) |
| Cree | 4 | (3.5) | 1 (0.9) | 3 (42.9) |
| Other | 3 | (2.7) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (14.3) |
| Marital status (N=129) | ||||
| Married/common law | 94 | (72.9) | 88 (72.8) | 6 (75.0) |
| Single (never married) | 5 | (3.9) | 5 (4.2) | 0 |
| Separated/divorced | 3 | (2.4) | 3 (2.5) | 0 |
| Widowed | 27 | (20.9) | 24 (20.7) | 2 (25.0) |
| Living arrangement (N=129) | ||||
| With spouse/partner only | 84 | (65.1) | 83 (68.6) | 1 (12.5) |
| Alone | 25 | (19.4) | 24 (19.8) | 1 (12.5) |
| With spouse and other family | 17 | (13.2) | 11 (9.1) | 6 (75.0) |
| Other | 3 | (2.4) | 3 (2.5) | 0 |
| Current housing (N=129) | ||||
| Family-owned home | 106 | (82.2) | 101 (83.5) | 5 (62.5) |
| Rented home/apartment | 9 | (7.0) | 7 (5.8) | 2 (25.0) |
| Seniors complex | 6 | (4.7) | 6 (5.0) | 0 |
| Other | 8 | (6.2) | 7 (5.8) | 1 (12.5) |
| Clinic Day Diagnosis (N=134) | ||||
| Alzheimer’s Disease | 47 | (35.1) | 45 (36.6) | 2 (18.2) |
| Mild CognitiveImpairment | 19 | (14.2) | 18 (14.6) | 1 (9.1) |
| Dementia d/t Multiple Etiologies | 15 | (11.2) | 13 (10.6) | 2 (18.2) |
| No dementia (normal) | 13 | (9.7) | 10 (8.1) | 3 (27.3) |
| Dementia with Lewy Bodies | 8 | (6.0) | 7 (5.7) | 1 (9.1) |
| Frontotemporal (semantic) | 5 | (3.7) | 5 (4.1) | 0 |
| Vascular Cognitive Impairment | 4 | (3.0) | 3 (2.4) | 1 (9.1) |
| Vascular Dementia | 4 | (3.0) | 4 (3.3) | 0 |
| Dementia d/t Medical Condition | 4 | (3.0) | 4 (3.3) | 0 |
| Dementia not otherwise specified | 4 | (3.0) | 3 (2.4) | 1 (9.1) |
| Frontotemporal (frontal variant) | 3 | (2.2) | 3 (2.4) | 0 |
| Frontotemporal (prog. non-fluent) | 3 | (2.2) | 3 (2.4) | 0 |
| Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus | 2 | (1.5) | 2 (1.6) | 0 |
| Parkinson’s Dementia | 1 | (0.7) | 1 (0.8) | 0 |
| Huntington’s Disease | 1 | (0.7) | 1 (0.8) | 0 |
| Alcohol Induced Amnestic Disorder | 1 | (0.7) | 1 (0.8) | 0 |
| Requested change in type of follow-up | 23 | (16.8) | 25 (19.8) | 0 |
| Type of change requested (N = 137) | ||||
| From in-person to telehealth | 17 | (12.4) | 17 (13.5) | 0 |
| From telehealth to in-person | 6 | (4.4) | 6 (4.8) | 0 |
| Discontinued follow-up (N = 137) | ||||
| After clinic visit | 7 | (5.1) | 7 (5.5) | 0 |
| After 6-week follow-up | 14 | (10.2) | 14 (11.1) | 0 |
| After 12-week follow-up | 9 | (6.6) | 9 (7.1) | 0 |
| After 6-month follow-up | 15 | (10.9) | 14 (11.1) | 1 (9.1) |
| After 1-year follow-up | 7 | (5.1) | 7 (5.6) | 0 |
| After 2-year follow-up | 1 | (0.7) | 1 (0.8) | 0 |
a
Sample size may be less for some variables due to missing data.
b
Patients living in the three most northern regional health authorities (see Figure 1).