Are Dementia Patient's Engagement Using Tailored Stimuli the Same? The Apathy Dilemma in Nursing Home Residents

Table 3

Observational measurement of engagement (OME) scores in guided and unguided conditions for the total population.

Stimulation based on participant stimulus choice for each category (𝑛=40)		Engagement duration, s	𝑍	𝑃 value	Attention	𝑍	𝑃 value	Attitude	𝑍	𝑃 value
Category “Work”
Total population	Guidance; Without guidance	470; 388	−2.7	<.01	2.9; 2.6	−.5	.6	5.3; 4.7	−2.8	<.01
Category “Family”
Total population	Guidance; Without guidance	440; 360	−1.8	.06	2.7; 2.6	−1.1	.2	5.2; 4.8	−2	.04
Category “Leisure”
Total population	Guidance; Without guidance	554; 382	−3.8	<.001	3.1; 2.8	−2	.04	5.6; 5.2	−2.1	.03
Category “Personal”
Total population	Guidance; Without guidance	511; 375	−3.1	.002	3; 2.9	−1	.3	5.3; 5.2	−.9	.4
Category “Not Interested”
Total population	Guidance; Without guidance	238; 228	−.6	.5	2.3; 2.4	−.8	.4	4; 4	−.1	.9

Note: 𝑃 value significance is 2-tailed and is given for the 𝑍 score using bootstrap method. 𝑍 score is based on “without guidance” rank.