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Table 2 Comparison of STAD assessment results according to dementia incidence in all participants

From: Development and validation of new screening tool for predicting dementia risk in community-dwelling older Japanese adults

 

Overall

n = 4298

Participants without dementia incidence

n = 4205

Participants with dementia incidence

n = 93

P-values*

STAD items

 (1) Do you forget where you have left things more than you used to? (yes, %)

2463 (57.5)

2392 (56.9)

71 (76.3)

< 0.001

 (2) Do other people find you forgetful? (yes, %)

840 (19.5)

808 (19.2)

32 (34.4)

< 0.001

 (3) Do you find yourself not knowing today’s date? (yes, %)

1038 (24.2)

997 (23.7)

41 (44.1)

< 0.001

 (4) Have you dropped many of your activities and interests? (yes, %)

1022 (23.8)

987 (23.5)

35 (37.6)

0.002

 (5) Do you often get bored? (yes, %)

620 (14.4)

599 (14.2)

21 (22.6)

0.024

 (6) Do you feel helpless? (yes, %)

1207 (28.1)

1163 (27.7)

44 (47.3)

< 0.001

 (7) Do you prefer to stay at home, rather than going out and doing new things? (yes, %)

1420 (33.0)

1381 (32.8)

39 (41.9)

0.065

 (8) In the last 2 weeks have you felt tired without a reason? (yes, %)

541 (12.6)

517 (12.3)

24 (25.8)

< 0.001

 (9) Do you go out less frequently compared to last year? (yes, %)

606 (14.1)

583 (13.9)

23 (24.7)

0.003

 (10) Do you engage in low levels of physical exercise aimed at health at least five times a week? (no, %)

2707 (63.0)

2640 (62.8)

67 (72.0)

0.067

 (11) Do you use maps to go to unfamiliar places? (no, %)

1575 (36.6)

1521 (36.2)

54 (58.1)

< 0.001

 (12) Do you engage in cognitive stimulation such as board games and learning? (no, %)

2163 (50.3)

2105 (50.1)

58 (62.4)

0.019

 STAD total score (points)

3.8 ± 2.2

3.7 ± 2.2

5.5 ± 2.3

< 0.001

  1. The data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or numbers (%)
  2. STAD simplified telephone assessment for dementia risk
  3. *Based on Student’s t-test for continuous variables and χ2 tests for categorical variables