Table 1 Gender-specific analysis of patient and proxy-related variables grouped according to sex of the proxy.
From: Gender-dependence of substituted judgment on quality of life in patients with dementia
male proxies | female proxies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
n = 54 | n = 140 | ||
Proxy-related variables | |||
Age | mean | 72.43 | 67.63 |
SD | 6.64 | 7.67 | |
t-test | p < 0.001 | ||
proxy(GDS)proxy | mean | 2.66 | 3.91 |
SD | 2.60 | 2.84 | |
t-test | p = 0.005 | ||
proxy(QoL-AD)proxy | mean | 38.35 | 35.95 |
SD | 4.31 | 5.36 | |
t-test | p = 0.002 | ||
Patient's self report | |||
Age patient | mean | 71.70 | 73.52 |
SD | 6.66 | 7.20 | |
t-test | p = 0.099 | ||
MMSE | mean | 17.37 | 17.10 |
SD | 6.56 | 6.89 | |
t-test | p = 0.800 | ||
patient(GDS)patient | mean | 3.09 | 2.84 |
SD | 3.19 | 2.60 | |
t-test | p = 0.605 | ||
Proxie's report about patient | |||
proxy(Behave-AD)patient | Mean | 5.22 | 6.44 |
SD | 4.88 | 4.76 | |
t-test | p = 0.121 | ||
proxy(B-ADL)patient | Mean | 7.00 | 7.68 |
SD | 2.67 | 2.04 | |
t-test | p = 0.100 | ||
proxy(iADL)patient | Mean | 3.39 | 2.50 |
SD | 2.52 | 1.87 | |
t-test | p = 0.021 |