Table 1.
Characteristics of participants and caregivers and differences between adopters and nonadopters.
| Characteristics | All participants (N=112) | Adoptersa (N=18) | Nonadoptersa (N=94) | P value | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD; range) | 68 (8.8; 39-86) | 69 (10; 52-82) | 68 (8.6; 39-86) | .86 | ||
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Women | 49 (43) | 9 (50) | 40 (43) | .51 | |
| Years of education, n (%) | .36 | |||||
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≤10 | 16 (14) | 3 (17) | 13 (14) |
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11-12 | 23 (20) | 3 (17) | 20 (21) |
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13-14 | 25 (22) | 2 (11) | 23 (25) |
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15-16 | 29 (25) | 8 (44) | 21 (22) |
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≥17 | 19 (16) | 2 (11) | 17 (18) |
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| Diagnosis, n (%) | .29 | |||||
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Alzheimer disease | 65 (58) | 12 (67) | 53 (56) |
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Vascular dementia | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) |
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Dementia with Lewy bodies | 1 (0) | 1 (6) | 0 |
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Frontotemporal dementia | 3 (2) | 0 | 3 (3) |
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Mild cognitive impairment | 9 (8) | 2 (11) | 7 (8) |
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Otherb | 27 (24) | 2 (11) | 25 (26) |
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Unresolvedc | 5 (4) | 1 (6) | 4 (4) |
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| Months since diagnosis, mean (SD; range) | 12 (15; 0-73) | 6 (7; 0-25) | 16 (14; 0-73) | .046 | ||
| Mini-Mental State Examination scored, mean (SD; range) | 25 (4.2; 11-30) | 25 (5; 11-30) | 25 (4; 11-30) | .69 | ||
| Caregiver included, n (%) |
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Yes | 98 (87) | 15 (83) | 83 (88) | .70 | |
| Caregiver gender, n (%) |
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Woman | 58 (59) | 8 (44) | 50 (60) | .78 | |
| Caregiver relation, n (%) | .30 | |||||
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Spouse | 81 (83) | 11 (73) | 70 (84) |
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Son or daughter | 13 (13) | 4 (27) | 9 (11) |
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Other | 4 (4) | 0 | 4 (5) |
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| Caregiver adopter or nonadopter of the appa, n (%) |
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Adopter | 7 (6) | 3 (17) | 4 (4) | .08 | |
| Caregiver activated the appe, n (%) |
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Yes | 21 (19) | 8 (44) | 13 (14) | .02 | |
aAdoption was defined as the use of the app for ≥90 days.
bFor example, stroke, Huntington disease, and unspecified dementia diagnosis.
cParticipants who were not diagnosed at the time of inclusion.
dHigher scores indicate higher attainment. The scores on Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) are the most recent score documented in the participants’ medical record. Data on months between the latest MMSE score and study inclusion showed MMSE were, on average, conducted 9 months before inclusion (SD 10; range 0-47), and 89 (89/112, 79.4%) of the MMSEs were conducted less than 12 months before inclusion.
eIncludes all levels of caregiver adoption status.