Table 2.

Evaluation of acceptability and the contents of the question prompt list (n=66)

Acceptability score, mean (SD)*	51 (10)
Usefulness for persons with dementia and family, mean (SD)†	7.2 (1.7)
Quality of the content of the question prompt list, mean (SD)‡	64 (10)
Length, %
Too long	64
Too short	2
Just right	34
Amount of information, %
Too much	59
Too little	0
Just right	41
Balance in proportions of information vs example questions, %
Too much information	20
Too many example questions	9
Just right	70

No differences (p<0.05, t-test or χ² as appropriate) were observed between general practitioners (GPs) and elderly care practitioners for any of the items, including after adjustment for sex, experience and stage of dementia cared for most (first three outcome items, linear regression). Missing values: 2, except for usefulness, 1.

*Theoretical range score: 15–75. Cronbach’s alpha in this sample was 0.94. The acceptability score covers: informing families, supporting decision-making, communication with families, satisfaction with care, use in practice and use in training (see online supplemental file 2, table S1 and table S2 for individual items and item scores).

†Theoretical range score: 0–10.

‡Theoretical range score: 16–80 (see online supplemental file 2, table S3 for item scores).