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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for patients and informal caregivers

From: The benefit of a geriatric nurse practitioner in a multidisciplinary diagnostic service for people with cognitive disorders

 

Reference sample

GNP group

Patients

N = 137

N = 114

 Agea

78.3 (6.53)

81.9 (5.75)

 Women

89 (63.1%)

70 (61.4%)

 Diagnosis

  Dementia

97 (70.8%)

84 (73.7%)

  No Dementia

40 (29.2%)

30 (26.3%)

 MMSE

20.39 (5.61)

20.48 (4.01)

Informal caregivers

 Age

60.12 (13.77)

62.53 (12.30)

 Women

90 (65.7%)

68 (59.6%)

Outcome measures

 EQ5D utility score

0.579 (0.289)

0.523 (0.289)

 EQ5D VAS

47.91 (20.91)

51.67 (17.66)

 Self-Rated Burdenb

3.42 (2.81)

4.54 (2.72)

 CarerQoL VAS

7.18 (1.71)

6.94 (1.44)

 CarerQoL 7D score

82.10 (15.34)

77.39 (17.83)

  1. Data are mean (SD) or number (%), GNP group = cohort with geriatric nurse practitioner.
  2. p = a<0.001, b 0.004.