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Table 1 Person-level and observation-level data

From: Mealtime caregiving approaches and behavioral symptoms in persons living with dementia: a longitudinal, observational study

Variables

Mean (SD)

n (%)

Person-level data (n = 30)

 Age

85.63 (6.67)

 

 Sex

  Female

 

28 (93.33)

  Male

 

2 (6.98)

 Education level

   < Middle school (6 years of education)

 

16 (53.33)

   > Middle school

 

14 (46.67)

 CIRS-G

  Total score

4.50 (2.74)

 

  Severity scorea

1.75 (0.71)

 

 Total number of medications

6.83 (3.50)

 

 Taking dementia medication

  Yes

 

28 (93.33)

  No

 

2 (6.67)

Observation-level data (n = 86)

 Participants

  

  MMSE score

2.81 (5.18)

 

  CDR score

16.42 (2.24)

 

  CSDD score

3.72 (3.44)

 

  ADL score

18.51 (2.21)

 

  CMAI

   Total duration

7.94 (27.62)

 

   Aggressive behavior

0.08 (0.27)

 

   Physically nonaggressive behavior

6.20 (27.43)

 

   Verbally agitated behavior

1.65 (4.41)

 

 Caregivers

  Person-centered behavior

    Verbal behaviorb

0.56 (0.72)

 

    Nonverbal behaviorc

0.10 (0.13)

 

  Task-centered behavior

    Verbal behaviorb

0.35 (0.63)

 

    Nonverbal behaviorc

0.04 (0.08)

 

  No interaction

    No verbal responseb

3.36 (2.68)

 

    No nonverbal responsec

0.91 (0.44)

 
  1. Note. ADL Activities of Daily Living, CDR Clinical Dementia Rating, CIRS-G Cumulative Illness Rating Scale-Geriatric, CMAI Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory, CSDD Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia, MMSE Mini Mental Status Exam
  2. a Total CIRS-G score / total number of categories endorsed; b Frequency per minute; c Second per minute