Table 3.

Bivariate comparison of the mean PRISM-PC questionnaire scores of study participants who accepted and refused screening for dementia at St. Vincent (St. V.) Health and Community Health Network (Community).

Domains and individual itemsa	St. V. Health			Community
	Mean score (SD)		P Value	Mean score (SD)		P Value
	Accepted screening  (n = 173)	Refused screening  (n = 105)		Accepted screening  (n = 78)	Refused screening  (n = 44)
Domain: benefits of dementia screening	73.8 (10.1)	67.7 (13.3)	<0.001	72.1 (9.5)	65.6 (12.8)	0.002
Domain: stigma of dementia screening	32.0 (11.4)	33.3 (9.2)	0.323	33.7 (11.5)	34.9 (9.3)	0.545
Domain: negative impact of dementia screening on independence	50.6 (12.6)	53.3 (13.8)	0.086	50.8 (11.1)	49.1 (11.8)	0.444
Domain: suffering related to dementia screening	59.0 (13.5)	58.6 (14.9)	0.828	59.1 (11.9)	53.0 (12.2)	0.009
Item in no domain: agreement with screening for colon cancer	3.3 (1.0)	3.2 (1.0)	0.242	3.2 (1.1)	2.8 (1.0)	0.083
Item in no domain: agreement with screening for depression	3.2 (1.0)	2.8 (1.0)	0.007	3.3 (1.0)	2.8 (1.0)	0.006
Item in no domain: belief that a treatment for Alzheimer's disease is not currently available	2.6 (0.9)	2.7 (0.8)	0.281	2.5 (0.9)	2.7 (0.7)	0.217

PRISM-PC: Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care.

^aFor each domain, the table includes the individual item that was most relevant to our study objectives. The table also includes the 3 individual items that are not covered under any domain.