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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;24(6):632–637. doi: 10.1002/gps.2173

Table 3.

a. Comparison of primary care patients’ domain scores between the US and the UK sites adjusting for age, gender, education* plus relative or friend with AD, more problems with memory for same age**

US (n = 125) UK (n = 120) P-value* P-value**
Mean dementia screening acceptance score (SD) 60.6 (17.7) 66.9 (18.0) 0.015 0.053
Mean benefit score (SD) 69.0 (9.8) 66.5 (14.5) 0.218 0.310
Mean stigma score (SD) 37.5 (10.3) 41.2 (10.3) 0.018 0.088
Mean loss of independence score (SD) 54.0 (11.4) 59.6 (11.2) 0.001 0.004
Mean suffering score (SD) 55.9 (14.5) 62.3 (13.4) 0.001 0.001
b. US white vs UK

US (n = 50) UK (n = 120) P-value*
Mean dementia screening acceptance score (SD) 62.4 (18.6) 66.9 (18.0) 0.122
Mean benefit score (SD) 70.8 (9.8) 66.5 (14.5) 0.189
Mean stigma score (SD) 37.7 (10.7) 41.2 (10.3) 0.122
Mean loss of independence score (SD) 54.0 (12.0) 59.6 (11.2) 0.060
Mean suffering score (SD) 59.0 (12.6) 62.3 (13.4) 0.122
*

adjusted p-value for age, gender, education using logistic regression modeling and for multiple comparisons using Hochberg’s Step-up Bonferroni method.

**

additional adjustments for friend with AD & more problems with memory for same age.

*

adjusted p-value for age, gender, education using logistic regression modeling and for multiple comparisons using Hochberg’s Step-up Bonferroni method.