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. 2021 Feb 16;21:126. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02075-3

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study participants (N = 140)

Variable All (N = 140) Intervention group (n = 70) Control group (n = 70) p
Age, year, mean (SD) 47.8 (7.9) 47.3 (7.1) 48.4 (8.7) 0.396
Sex > 0.999
 female 138 (98.6) 69 (98.6) 69 (98.6)
 male 2 (1.4) 1 (1.4) 1 (1.4)
Marital status 0.624
 being married 92 (65.7) 43 (61.4) 49 (70.0)
 divorced 22 (15.7) 13 (18.6) 9 (12.9)
 widowed 20 (14.3) 10 (14.3) 10 (14.3)
 unmarried 6 (4.3) 4 (5.7) 2 (2.9)
Educational level 0.001
 elementary school 15 (10.7) 8 (11.4) 7 (10.0)
 junior high school 38 (27.1) 9 (12.9) 29 (41.4)
 senior high school and vocational school 72 (51.4) 45 (64.3) 27 (38.6)
 university 15 (10.7) 8 (11.4) 7 (10.0)
Job type 0.562
 full-time 127 (90.7) 65 (92.9) 62 (88.6)
 part-time 13 (9.3) 5 (7.1) 8 (11.4)
Years worked as a home care worker, mean (SD) 8.8 (5.3) 8.8 (5.1) 8.7 (5.5) 0.868
On-the-job educational training in previous year, hours 0.098
 None 1 (0.7) 0 (0) 1 (1.4)
 < 10 5 (3.6) 5 (7.1) 0 (0)
 10–20 25 (17.9) 12 (17.1) 13 (18.6)
 > 20 109 (77.9) 53 (75.7) 56 (80.0)
On-the-job educational training on dementia in previous year, hours 0.002
 None 15 (10.7) 5 (7.1) 10 (14.3)
 < 2 21 (15.0) 13 (18.6) 8 (11.4)
 3–6 25 (17.9) 12 (17.1) 13 (18.6)
 7–12 30 (21.4) 23 (32.9) 7 (10.0)
 > 12 49 (35.0) 17 (24.3) 32 (45.7)

Data are n (%), unless otherwise stated. SD: standard deviation