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. 2015 Jan-Mar;9(1):32–41. doi: 10.1590/S1980-57642015DN91000006

Table 3.

Resource consumption during three months for 136 outpatients over 60 years old attended at the Neurology Department of Clínica Internacional in Lima, Peru.

Resource item Not
dementia
(n=30)
  Alzheimer’s
dementia
(n=44)
  Frontotemporal
dementia
(n=18)
  Vascular
dementia
(n=44)
n (%)   n (%) p-value   n (%) p-value   n (%) p-value
Healthcare
resources
Healthcare delivery system                    
Any health provider 10 (33.33)   12 (27.27) Ref.   4 (22.22) Ref.   18 (40.91) Ref.
“Family Health” program 11 (36.67)   24 (54.55) 0.14   9 (50.00) 0.59   19 (43.18) 0.20
None  9 (30.00)   8 (18.18) 0.64   5 (27.78) 0.69   7 (15.91) 0.19
Medical tests at baseline                    
Hematological and tomography 30 (100.00)   11 (25.00) Ref.   0.00 Ref.   11 (25.00) Ref.
Hematological and magnetic resonance 0.00   33 (75.00) <0.01   18 (100.00) <0.01**   33 (75.00) <0.01
Medical visits per trimester* 2.00 [0.00]   3.27 [0.59] <0.01   3.28 [0.57] <0.01   3.23 [0.52] <0.01
Hospitalizations per trimester* 1.00 [0.00]   1.23 [0.52] 0.22   1.22 [0.55] 0.63   1.18 [0.50] 0.57
Antidementia drugs consumption 0.00   35 (79.55) <0.01   8 (44.44) <0.01**   19 (43.18) <0.01**
Antipsychotics drugs consumption 0.00   29 (65.91) <0.01   18 (100.00) <0.01**   39 (88.64) <0.01**
Non-healthcare
resources
Nappy consumption per day* 0.2 [0.61]   0.57 [1.17] 0.99   0.78 [1.31] 0.50   0.59 [1.23] 0.84
Caregiver per trimester                    
None/caregiver non-EAP 30 (100.00)   8 (18.18) Ref.   2 (11.11) Ref.   6 (13.64) Ref.
Informal caregiver 0.00   24 (54.55) <0.01   13 (72.22) <0.01   29 (65.91) <0.01
Remunerated caregiver 0.00   12 (27.27) <0.01   3 (16.67) <0.01   9 (20.45) <0.01
*

Values expressed as mean [standard deviation];

**

Statistically different with Alzheimer’s dementia; Ref: Reference categories; Caregiver non-EAP: caregiver aged over 64 years.