Table 2.

Correlation of item scores for different dimensions in the IDEAL schedule

IDEAL Items	ADL	PH	CF	BPS	SS	T-NP	CD	H-PCR	H-PCN	T-DCN
ADL	–
PH	0.21	–
CF	0.77	0.21	–
BPS	0.58	0.18	0.63	–
SS	0.34	−0.07	0.26	0.30	–
T-NP	0.63	0.10	0.55	0.52	0.28	–
CD	0.52	0.13	0.48	0.57	0.23	0.53	–
H-PCR	0.16	0.01	0.13	0.16	0	0.10	0.15	–
H-PCN	0.40	0.08	0.41	0.45	0.18	0.35	0.53	0.42	–
T-DCN	0.52	0.09	0.50	0.55	0.24	0.42	0.56	0.38	0.84	–
Total IDEAL	0.80	0.27	0.77	0.77	0.45	0.73	0.75	0.35	0.73	0.80

ADL activities of daily living, PH physical health, CF cognitive functioning, BPS Behavioural and psychological symptoms, SS social support, T-NP Time spent on care by non-professional care, CD Carer distress, H-PCR total number of hours of professional care received, H-PCN total number of hours of professional care needed, T-DCN type of dementia related care needed