A Walk-In Screening of Dementia in the General Population in Taiwan

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of all recruited participants.

	Northern	Central	Southern	Eastern	P value	Total
Number; (n, %)	368; 17.0%	549; 25.3%	877; 40.4%	377; 17.4%		2171; 100%
Age, years; (mean ± SD)	68.7 ± 9.8	65.0 ± 10.0	66.2 ± 10.1	70.0 ± 10.0	<0.001	66.9 ± 10.2
Female; (n/N, %)	258; 70.1%	383; 69.8%	627; 71.5%	253; 67.1%	0.485	1521; 70.1%
AD8 score; (mean ± SD)	0.6 ± 1.0	0.6 ± 1.1	0.6 ± 1.1	0.5 ± 1.1	0.715	0.6 ± 1.1
AD8-1∗	15, 4.1%	13, 2.4%	27, 3.1%	6, 1.6%	0.184	61, 2.8%
AD8-2∗	18, 4.9%	41, 7.5%	68, 7.8%	41, 10.9%	0.024	168, 7.7%
AD8-3∗	50, 13.6%	39, 7.1%	52, 5.9%	27, 7.2%	<0.001	168, 7.7%
AD8-4∗	8, 9.6%	26, 4.7%	39, 4.4%	10, 2.7%	0.098	83, 3.8%
AD8-5∗	25, 6.8%	52, 9.5%	76, 8.7%	25, 6.6%	0.304	178, 8.2%
AD8-6∗	16, 4.3%	26, 4.7%	53, 6.0%	19, 5.0%	0.565	114, 5.3%
AD8-7∗	29, 7.9%	38, 6.9%	81, 9.2%	24, 6.4%	0.253	172, 7.9%
AD8-8∗	45, 12.2%	71, 12.9%	127, 14.5%	45, 11.9%	0.551	288, 13.3%

∗Change in each AD8 subitem (number and percentage in that area).
AD8-1: problems with judgment; AD8-2: reduced interest in hobbies/activities; AD8-3: repeats questions, stories, or statements; AD8-4: trouble learning how to use a tool, appliance, or gadget; AD8-5: forgetting correct month or year; AD8-6: difficulty handling complicated financial affairs; AD8-7: difficulty remembering appointments; AD8-8: consistent problems with thinking and/or memory.