Table 4.

Bivariate correlations between the pronoun category (we, I, and they) and PLWD dementia severity at 6-month and 30-month timepoints

	r	df	p value
Six-month timepoint
We-pronouns	–0.31	274	<0.001***
I-pronouns	0.21	274	<0.001***
They-pronouns	0.17	274	0.005**
Thirty-month timepoint
We-pronouns	–0.30	62	0.014*
I-pronouns	0.43	62	<0.001***
They-pronouns	–0.14	62	0.27

PLWD, person living with dementia.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01.

^***p < 0.001.