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

Table 5

Results in engagement when compared stimuli of interest versus activities categorized as non interested by the participant.

Comparison between chosen stimuli of interest versus the stimulus categorized as “Not Interested”		Engagement duration, s, Mean difference, CI95%	𝑍	𝑃 value	Attention Mean difference, CI95%	𝑍	𝑃 value	Attitude Mean difference, CI95%	𝑍	𝑃 value
Stimulus category “Not Interested” in Apathetic participants
Versus Stimuli	Guidance	240			2			3.7
	Work	79 [−11–270]	−1.3	.2	.7[.17–1.2]	−2.2	.02	.8 [−.1–1.8]	−1.6	.1
	Family	183 [333–33]	−2.5	.01	.6[.02–1.3]	−2	.046	.8 [.2–1.4]	−2.3	.03
	Leisure	260 [117–402]	−3.1	.002	1[.5–1.6]	−2.9	.004	1.4 [1–1.8]	−3.1	.002
	Personal	185 [−.5–371]	−2.1	.03	.7[.02–1.4]	−2	.046	1 [.08–2]	−2	.046
Versus Stimuli	Without Guidance	181			2			3.7
	Work	151 [−21–323]	−2.2	.03	.4[.09–.8]	−2.3	.025	.7 [.1–1.5]	−1.7	.1
	Family	178 [20–336]	−2.5	.01	.4[.1–.9]	−1.5	.1	.9 [.1–1.6]	−2.1	.03
	Leisure	129 [−2–261]	−2.2	.03	.7[.1–1.3]	−3.3	.001	1.3 [.9–1.8]	−2.5	.01
	Personal	55 [−4–115]	−2.2	.03	.5[.1–1]	−3.2	.001	.9 [.2–1.6]	−2.3	.02
Stimulus category “Not Interested” in Non Apathetic participants
Versus Stimuli	Guidance	237			2.5			4.2
	Work	173 [65–282]	−3.8	<.001	.5 [.2–.9]	−2.8	.005	1.6 [.8–2.3]	−3.3	.001
	Family	211 [128–293]	−4.1	<.001	.3 [−.04–.7]	−1.7	.09	1.4 [.9–1.4]	−3.9	<.001
	Leisure	346 [250–442]	−4.4	<.001	.7 [.3–1.1]	−3	.003	1.6 [1.2–2]	−4.2	<.001
	Personal	320 [218–421]	−4.1	<.001	.7 [.3–1]	−3.2	.001	1.5 [1–2]	−3.8	<.001
Versus Stimuli	Without Guidance	252			2.6			4.2
	Work	157 [38–276]	−2.2	.03	.08 [.3–.4]	−.5	.6	.8 [.2–1.4]	−2.5	.01
	Family	113 [17–209]	−2.5	.01	.04 [.3–.4]	−.2	.8	.8 [.2–1.3]	−2.6	.01
	Leisure	165 [67–264]	−3	.003	.3 [.04–.6]	−4.5	<.001	1.3 [.9–1.8]	−3.8	<.001
	Personal	192 [81–303]	−3	.003	.4 [.1–.7]	−4.5	<.001	1.4 [.9–1.9]	−3.9	<.001

Note: Mean differences are calculated using boostrap method, 𝑃 value are 2 tailed.