| Assistance with DS | No assistance with DS |  | Assistance with PD | No assistance with PD |  | ||||
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Numbers of persons with dementia | n = 26 | n = 44 | p-value | n = 106** | n = 39** | p-value | ||||
Age, year (mean (±SD)) | 76.8 | (8.1) | 70.3 | (12.1) | 0.017 | 74.5 | (10.9) | 70.4 | (8.9) | 0.040 |
Women (n (%)) | 16.0 | (61.5) | 33.0 | (75.0) | 0.235 | 65.0 | (61.3) | 27.0 | (69.2) | 0.380 |
Living alone (n (%)) | 3.0 | (11.5) | 20.0 | (45.5) | 0.004 | 35.0 | (33.0) | 10.0 | (25.6) | 0.394 |
Home care services (n (%)) | 14.0 | (53.8) | 17.0 | (38.6) | 0.216 | 64.0 | (60.4) | 0.0 | - | <0.001 |
Numbers of PD (mean (±SD)) | 5.5 | (2.9) | 4.3 | (3.7) | 0.161 | 5.4 | (2.9) | 3.0 | (2.4) | <0.001 |
Persons using dementia drugs (n (%)) | 12.0 | (46.2) | 17.0 | (38.6) | 0.537 | 54.0 | (50.9) | 16.0 | (41.0) | 0.289 |
Numbers of OTC (mean (±SD))* | 0.7 | (0.8) | 0.8 | (0.8) | 0.604 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.047 |
MMSE-NR (mean (±SD)) | 20.1 | (4.2) | 22.6 | (4.5) | 0.021 | 18.5 | (6.1) | 22.4 | (4.2) | <0.001 |
RDRS-2 (mean (±SD)) | 38.9 | (9.5) | 32.0 | (7.3) | 0.001 | 40.2 | (10.0) | 27.7 | (5.3) | 0.001 |