Impact of clinical symptoms and diagnosis: the electronic Person-Specific Outcome Measure (ePSOM) development programme

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the diagnosis group and the age and gender matched reference group

	Diagnosis group		Control group
Number of respondents	n = 167		n = 1002 Controlled
Men	n = 83		n = 462 Controlled
Women	n = 84		n = 540 Controlled
Diagnosis	MCI n = 52		No diagnosis Controlled
	Alzheimer’s disease n = 48
	Vascular dementia n = 19
	Combination^† n = 42
	Not sure but taking anti-dementia medication n = 6
Age	Mean: 70.2 (SD = 10.04)		Mean: 69.8 (SD = 9.84) Controlled
Education levels	Degree or higher	n = 83	Degree or higher	n = 614*
Education levels	No degree	n = 84	No degree	n = 388
Living area	Urban	n = 102	Urban	n = 614
	Rural	n = 63	Rural	n = 377
	Prefer not to say	n = 2	Prefer not to say	n = 11
Did anyone assist you with filling out the survey?	Yes	n = 53*	Yes	n = 7
Did anyone assist you with filling out the survey?	No	n = 114	No	n = 995
Taking anti-dementia medication	Yes	n = 72*	Yes	n = 0
Taking anti-dementia medication	No	n = 95	No	n = 1002

Values which are statistically more likely are marked with *
^†MCI and Other (n = 7); Frontotemporal dementia (n = 7); Mixed dementia (n = 4); Alzheimer’s disease and Vascular Dementia (n = 3); MCI and Alzheimer’s disease (n = 2); Subjective cognitive disorder (n = 2); Parkinson’s disease (n = 2); Dementia with Lewy bodies (n = 2); Alzheimer's disease, Mixed dementia, Vascular dementia (n = 1); MCI and Mixed dementia (n = 1); Alzheimer's disease, Mixed dementia (n = 1); Mixed dementia, Vascular dementia (n = 1); MCI and Vascular dementia (n = 1); Alzheimer's disease, Vascular dementia, Not sure (n = 1); Mixed dementia, Frontotemporal dementia (n = 1); Frontotemporal dementia, Korsakoff syndrome (n = 1); Parkinson's disease dementia (n = 1); Parkinson's disease dementia, Parkinson's disease (n = 1); Korsakoff syndrome (n = 1); Vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease (n = 1); MCI, Alzheimer's disease, Mixed dementia, Vascular dementia, Not sure (n = 1)