Table 5.
Comparisons of mean AD8-P scores stratified by the older persons' and informants' characteristics.
| Participants' characteristics | AD8-P scores M (SD) |
p value |
|---|---|---|
| Older persons' characteristics | ||
| Gender | ||
| Male | 1.7 (1.5) | 0.16 |
| Female | 1.4 (1.3) | |
| Age groups | ||
| 60-69 years old | 1.3 (1.2) | 0.12 |
| 70-79 years old | 1.7 (1.4) | |
| ≥80 years old | 1.7 (1.5) | |
| Education groups∗ | ||
| Primary education (1-6 years) | 1.4 (1.4) | 0.36 |
| Secondary education (7-10 years) | 1.4 (1.3) | |
| Tertiary education (≥11 years) | 1.8 (1.4) | |
| Informants' characteristics | ||
| Gender | ||
| Male | 1.0 (1.0) | 0.001 |
| Female | 1.7 (1.5) | |
| Relationship to the older person | ||
| Spouse | 1.7 (1.4) | 0.25 |
| Child | 1.2 (1.3) | |
| Grandchild | 1.4 (1.1) | |
| Others | 1.4 (1.4) | |
| Age groups | ||
| 18-24 years old (young adult) | 1.2 (1.5) | 0.35 |
| 25-64 years old (mid-adult) | 1.3 (1.3) | |
| ≥65 years old (older adult) | 1.6 (1.4) | |
| Education groups∗ | ||
| Primary education (1-6 years) | 1.3 (1.2) | 0.71 |
| Secondary education (7-10 years) | 1.4 (1.1) | |
| Tertiary education (≥11 years) | 1.5 (1.6) |
∗No formal education was not included in the analysis because it has fewer than two cases for group with normal cognition. AD8–P: Filipino version of the AD8; M: mean; SD: standard deviation.