Table 4.
Mean and standard deviation (SD) of Revised Hasegawa’s Dementia Scale (HDS-R) according to sex
| Characteristics | Males | Females | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||||
| Age | 60–69 | 22.4 | – | 5.2 | 21.3 | – | 5.4 | 21.9 | – | 5.3 | ||
| 70–79& | 21.9 | 5.1 | 19.8 | 5.8 | 20.9 | 5.5 | ||||||
| 80– | 16.7 | *** | 6.3 | 15.4 | *** | 7.7 | 16.0 | *** | 7.0 | |||
| Region | Urban | 23.0 | – | 4.7 | 22.7 | – | 5.0 | 22.7 | – | 5.0 | ||
| Rural&& | 20.3 | *** | 6.0 | 17.5 | *** | 6.1 | 18.8 | *** | 5.4 | |||
| Family | 1 | 17.0 | nc | 19.8 | 4.3 | 19.4 | 4.1 | |||||
| excluding | 2–3&& | 22.0 | – | 5.4 | 17.3 | – | 6.4 | 19.9 | – | 6.3 | ||
| subject | 4–5& | 22.3 | 5.4 | 19.7 | 6.2 | 21.0 | 5.9 | |||||
| 6–7 | 22.3 | 4.5 | 21.1 | ** | 5.7 | 21.7 | * | 5.3 | ||||
| 8– | 20.4 | 6.1 | 21.2 | * | 6.2 | 20.7 | 6.1 | |||||
| Supporter | Not needed&& | 21.8 | – | 5.2 | 20.3 | – | 5.9 | 21.1 | – | 5.6 | ||
| Needed | 19.7 | 8.2 | 18.4 | 7.6 | 18.9 | * | 7.8 | |||||
* p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 by a t-test for the different level of characteristics relative to the level with “–”
& p<0.05 and && p<0.01 by a t-test for the different between males and females
nc: not calculable due to n=1