Table 5.

Factors associated with access to different assistive technology and telecare items in home-dwelling persons with dementia.^a

	Sensor devices						Tracking devicec (n = 23)		Everyday devicesd (n = 124)
	Passiveb (n = 11)		Active (social alarm) (n = 109)		Obligated (stove guard) (n = 119)
	OR [95%CI]	P	OR [95%CI]	P	OR [95%CI]	P	OR [95%CI]	P	OR [95%CI]	P
Sex (female)	4.16 [0.41–42.6]	.23	2.48 [1.21–5.10]	.01	2.21 [1.18–4.11]	.01	1.52 [0.54–4.30]	.43	1.96 [1.04–3.70]	.04
Age	0.98 [0.85–1.13]	.76	1.13 [1.07–1.19]	< .001	1.07 [1.02–1.12]	.007	0.88 [0.82–0.96]	.004	1.07 [1.02–1.12]	.007
Cohabitation status
Spouse/partner	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Alone	3.05 [0.14–65.2]	.48	3.96 [1.52–10.3]	.005	1.49 [0.64–3.48]	.36	1.31 [0.28–6.19]	.73	1.44 [0.59–3.48]	.42
Fall (yes)	NA		1.53 [0.46–5.12]	.49	NA		NA		0.92 [0.30–2.82]	.88
Severity of dementia index
Low	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Medium	1.46 [0.35–6.16]	.60	1.42 [0.35–5.80]	.63	3.49 [1.00–12.2]	.05	1.52 [0.36–6.51]	.57	2.51 [0.71–8.89]	.15
High	2.57 [0.61–10.9]	.20	2.63 [0.64–10.7]	.18	2.80 [0.79–9.90]	.11	2.01 [0.42–9.58]	.38	2.94 [0.82–10.5]	.10
GMHR	0.89 [0.57–1.37]	.58	0.90 [0.60–1.35]	.60	1.11 [0.76–1.60]	.58	1.53 [0.80–2.94]	.20	1.54 [1.05–2.26]	.03
PADL	0.95 [0.74–1.21]	.66	1.03 [0.91–1.15]	.67	0.98 [0.89–1.09]	.78	0.90 [0.76–1.05]	.19	1.00 [0.90–1.11]	.98
IADL	1.03 [0.87–1.20]	.76	1.06 [0.98–1.14]	.13	1.02 [0.96–1.09]	.53	1.01 [0.92–1.13]	.78	1.10 [1.02–1.18]	.008
Telephone use—operates by own initiative, looks up and dials numbers	0.26 [0.05–1.38]	.11	0.27 [0.06–1.32]	.11	5.41 [0.55–53.4]	.15	0.15 [0.01–4.04]	.26	0.29 [0.07–1.28]	.10
CG age	1.00 [0.96–1.03]	.83	1.00 [0.96–1.03]	.78	0.96 [0.93–0.99]	.02	0.99 [0.94–1.05]	.79	0.95 [0.92–0.98]	.002
CG sex (men)	1.01 [0.18–5.78]	.99	1.11 [0.56–2.22]	.76	1.05 [0.55–1.98]	.87	0.46 [0.12–1.74]	.25	0.85 [0.44–1.64]	.63
CG living with the PwD (yes)	0.28 [0.06–1.42]	.13	0.36 [0.08–1.69]	.20	0.49 [0.12–2.02]	.32	0.94 [0.10–8.71]	.96	0.15 [0.01–1.73]	.13
CG`s contribution to care
1–20%	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
21–40%	1.33 [0.23–7.79]	.76	0.65 [0.10–4.15]	.65	0.34 [0.07–1.64]	.18	0.41 [0.02–8.44]	.65	0.91 [0.18–4.64]	.91
41–60%	0.67 [0.13–3.47]	.64	0.37 [0.07–2.10]	.26	0.94 [0.22–4.05]	.93	1.28 [0.11–14.7]	.84	0.94 [0.21–4.20]	.94
61–80%	0.46 [0.09–2.32]	.35	0.26 [0.05–1.43]	.12	0.59 [0.14–2.48]	.47	1.09 [0.10–12.5]	.94	0.69 [0.16–3.02]	.62
81–100%	0.67 [0.13–3.31]	.62	0.41 [0.07–2.20]	.30	0.54 [0.13–2.21]	.39	0.83 [0.07–10.1]	.88	0.58 [0.13–2.53]	.47

^an = 276. Access to one of the devices or one ATT group did not mutually exclusive the access to others. P-value calculated by logistic regression, adjusted for age (PwD + cg), sex (PwD), living statuscohabitation status, MMSE-NR3, FAST, GMHR, IADL, and PADL.GMHR, IADL, PADL, MMSE-NR3, and FAST. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CG, caregiver; FAST, functional assessment staging tool; GMHR, general medical health rating; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; MMSE-NR3, Norwegian revised Mini Mental State Examination; OR, odds ratio; P, P-value; PADL, personal activities of daily living; PwD, pereson with dementia

^b6 items; light sensor, refrigerator sensor,, flood-, fall-, bed occupancy- and door sensor

^cTracking device and social alarm with tracking device

^dCalendar support, door camera, electronic door lock, electronic pill box, timer on electronic device, and watch with memory function/voice