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Global Health Econ Sustain Elderly people with dementia

Table 1. (Continued)
Attributes Hong Kong (N=164) Japan (N=166) Singapore (N=233) Statistical comparisons
n % n % N % χ 2 df p
Adequate money to maintain daily life 82.187 8 0.000***
Very inadequate 7 4.3 5 3.1 4 1.7
Not adequate 26 16.1 53 32.5 20 8.6
Just enough 62 38.5 83 50.9 114 48.9
Adequate 43 26.7 5 3.1 78 33.5
More than adequte 23 14.3 17 10.4 17 7.3
Live with the PWD 0.827 2 0.661
Yes 109 66.9 103 63.2 157 67.4
No 54 33.1 60 36.8 76 32.6
Take care of other family members 17.881 2 0.000***
Yes 73 44.8 61 37.7 58 24.9
No 90 55.2 101 62.3 175 75.1
Non-family member help to look after PWD 8.799 2 0.012*
Yes 95 58.6 104 63.4 169 72.5
No 67 41.4 60 36.6 64 27.5
Family members provide supporting in either 14.103 2 0.001**
finance, daily activities, housekeeping and
shopping, accompanying for medical follow-up
and others
Yes 113 68.9 114 68.7 124 53.2
No 51 31.1 52 31.3 109 46.8
Financial support only 104.278 1 0.000***
Yes 75 46.9 0 0.0 2 1.1
No 85 53.1 0 0.0 184 98.9
Activities of daily living only 5.302 1 0.021*
Yes 40 25.5 0 0.0 69 37.1
No 117 74.5 0 0.0 117 62.9
Instrumental activities of daily living (e.g., 10.506 1 0.001**
housekeeping and shopping) only
Yes 49 32.0 0 0.0 92 49.5
No 104 68.0 0 0.0 94 50.5
Accompanying for medical follow-up 52.332 1 0.000***
Yes 49 31.4 0 0.0 5 2.7
No 107 68.6 0 0.0 180 97.3
Others 218.979 2 0.000***
Yes 17 11.5 114 71.3 8 4.3
No 131 88.5 46 28.8 177 95.7
Family member have history of psychiatric 5.144 2 0.076
illness
Yes 21 13.0 14 8.5 15 6.4
No 140 87.0 150 91.5 218 93.6
Family member have history of dementia? 5.610 2 0.061
Yes 17 10.6 31 18.9 28 12.0
No 143 89.4 133 81.1 205 88.0
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