Table 2.

The differences in dementia-preventive behaviors according to general characteristics of middle-aged persons with chronic diseases (N = 123).

Characteristics	Categories	Dementia-Preventive Behaviors
		M ± SD	t/F (p)
			Scheffé
Gender	Men	3.30 ± 0.53	−1.63
	Women	3.46 ± 0.45	(0.105)
Age	45–54	3.19 ± 0.41	−2.52
(year)	55–65	3.43 ± 0.54	(0.013)
The duration of taking chronic disease medication	3 months–<1 y	3.23 ± 0.50	0.23
	1–3 y	3.40 ± 0.59	(0.876)
	3–<6 y	3.34 ± 0.50
	≥6 y	3.35 ± 0.47
Perceived health conditions	Healthy	3.58 ± 0.43	10.2
	Normal	3.22 ± 0.52	(<0.001)
	Poor	3.04 ± 0.36
Whether they have chronic disease patients in their families	Yes	3.35 ± 0.49	−0.14
	No	3.36 ± 0.58	(0.885)
Dementia level of knowledge	Know very well	3.77 ± 0.48	2.81
	Know well	3.30 ± 0.46	(0.042)
	Middle	3.38 ± 0.52
	Know little	3.18 ± 0.45
The degree of awareness of the possibility of getting dementia	High	3.22 ± 0.45	1.93
	Middle	3.18 ± 0.37	(0.110)
	Low	3.08 ± 0.46
Dementia education experience	Yes	3.49 ± 0.45	1.01
	No	3.34 ± 0.52	(0.314)
Perceived the necessity of dementia education	Yes	3.37 ± 0.51	1.26
	No	3.18 ± 0.46	(0.209)
Whether exposed to dementia information	Yes	3.42 ± 0.49	−1.66
	No	3.27 ± 0.53	(0.099)

SD = standard deviation.