Table 2.
Baseline outcome measures of patients, dementia patients and their carers in the waitlist and intervention groups
| Waitlist Mean (SD) |
Intervention Mean (SD) |
|
| Patient measures | (n=552) | (n=1478) |
| GDS | 1.9 (1.9) | 2.1 (2.1) |
| WHOQoL-BREF | ||
| Physical | 70.4 (15.3) | 69.5 (15.0) |
| Psychological | 72.1 (12.9) | 70.8 (12.6) |
| Social | 79.7 (13.6) | 78.8 (13.2) |
| Environmental | 81.4 (10.8) | 80.6 (11.4) |
| GPAQ | ||
| Communication | 81.4 (15.5) | 80.5 (14.4) |
| Enablement | 67.7 (31.8) | 66.0 (32.1) |
| GP management of dementia patients* | (n=63) | (n=192) |
| Number of tests per patient (0—3) | 0.79 | 1.13 |
| Number of referrals per patient (0—2) | 0.24 | 0.31 |
| Dementia patient measures† | (n=43) | (n=124) |
| Accessed memory services (% yes) | 6 (14) | 13 (12) |
| GDS | 3.5 (3.2) | 3.3 (2.8) |
| WHOQoL- | ||
| Physical | 66.45 (15.94) | 63.80 (14.98) |
| Psychological | 67.44 (13.71) | 64.80 (12.56) |
| Social | 73.58 (12.90) | 76.65 (12.69) |
| Environmental | 76.04 (10.57) | 74.60 (14.01) |
| GPAQ | ||
| Communication | 74.4 (14.2) | 75.8 (15.1) |
| Enablement | 57.0 (33.7) | 60.2 (34.6) |
| Carer measures | (n=21) | (n=90) |
| Beck Depression Inventory | 10.3 (8.6) | 8.5 (6.3) |
| WHOQoL-BREF | ||
| Physical | 69.6 (16.7) | 70.2 (13.8) |
| Psychological | 68.4 (14.4) | 69.0 (10.9) |
| Social | 76.0 (19.2) | 77.1 (12.2) |
| Environmental | 77.5 (12.5) | 77.2 (11.6) |
| GPAQ | ||
| Communication | 67.9 (21.1) | 78.4 (16.8) |
| Enablement | 50.0 (35.8) | 61.2 (36.4) |
*Participants with GP audit of possible, probable or definite dementia.
†Participants with CAMCOG <80.
CAMCOG, Cambridge Cognitive Examination; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; GP, general practitioner; GPAQ, General Practice Assessment Questionnaire.