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. 2015 Apr 20;2015:423265. doi: 10.1155/2015/423265

Table 4.

Logistic regression analysis of the odds of refusing to undergo screening for dementia at St. Vincent Health and Community Health Network.

Variable St. Vincent Health Community Health Network
Odds ratio
(95% confidence interval)
P value Odds ratioa
(95% confidence interval)
P value
PRISM-PC questionnaire items
 High domain score: perception that dementia screening is beneficial 0.80 (0.70, 0.91) 0.001 0.79 (0.63, 0.98) 0.029
 High domain score: suffering related to dementia screening 1.07 (0.97, 1.18) 0.200 0.89 (0.73, 1.08) 0.248
 Perception that depression screening is beneficial 0.80 (0.62, 1.04) 0.100 0.63 (0.40, 0.99) 0.049
 Have a relative or friend with AD 0.51 (0.30, 0.87) 0.014 0.43 (0.16, 1.12) 0.082
 Lives alone 1.14 (0.64, 2.02) 0.662 2.18 (0.87, 5.44) 0.096
Education
 (>high school+ versus 0–11 years) 0.19 (0.05, 0.82) 0.025 1.38 (0.36, 5.25) 0.640
Age, years 0.648 0.573
 65–69 (reference group) 1.00 [reference] 1.00 [reference]
 70–74 0.69 (0.32, 1.49) 1.71 (0.42, 6.93)
 75–79 1.17 (0.56, 2.45) 1.02 (0.24, 4.74)
 ≥80 0.90 (0.44, 1.82) 2.01 (0.56, 7.25)

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

aOdds ratios report a 5-point difference in the scale score.