Table 4.

Correlations Among MMSE-K, GDS, Care Dependency, NPIS, and Quality of Life (N = 202)

Variable	MMSE-K	GDS	CDS	NPIS	Quality of Life
MMSE-K	1
GDS	−.273***	1
CDS	.570***	−.265***	1
NPIS	.019	−.019	.235***	1
Quality of life	.373***	−.504***	.350***	.053	1

Note. MMSE-K = Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination for dementia screening; GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale; CDS = Care Dependency Scale; NPIS = Nurse–Patient Interaction Scale; Quality of life = Korean version of the Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease Scale.

***p < .001.