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Table 4 Interest in information on brain health, logistic regression

From: Older adults’ awareness of modifiable risk and protective factors for dementia and interest in eHealth interventions for brain health: a comparison between the Netherlands and Germany

 

Overall (n = 577)

Germany (n = 268)

The Netherlands (n = 309)

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

Country (ref.: the Netherlands)

0.05

0.02; 0.09

< 0.001

-

-

-

-

-

-

Age

1.03

0.98; 1.09

0.273

1.05

0.99; 1.12

0.127

1.01

0.91; 1.12

0.875

Female sex (ref.: male)

0.79

0.48; 1.32

0.376

0.70

0.39; 1.23

0.215

1.28

0.42; 3.89

0.666

Education (ref.: low)

         

 Intermediate

0.51

0.24; 1.12

0.095

0.47

0.21; 1.07

0.071

0.99

0.25; 4.01

0.994

 high

0.86

0.42; 1.78

0.691

0.63

0.28; 1.39

0.247

3.28

0.55; 19.56

0.192

Marital status (ref.: married/in a relationship)

         

 Single

0.62

0.26; 1.46

0.272

0.90

0.45; 1.84

0.781

0.22

0.04; 1.10

0.065

 Divorced

0.66

0.36; 1.23

0.195

0.46

0.19; 1.11

0.085

3.45

0.37;32.18

0.277

 Widowed

0.45

0.22; 0.92

0.029

0.43

0.19; 0.96

0.039

0.38

0.10; 1.53

0.174

Self-rated knowledge about dementia (ref.: low)

         

 Intermediate

2.24

0.89; 5.66

0.087

1.50

0.57; 3.94

0.411

4.06

0.61; 26.98

0.147

 High

1.65

0.60; 4.51

0.327

1.29

0.49; 3.38

0.610

1.61

0.27; 9.43

0.598

Knowing someone with dementia (yes)

1.01

0.57; 1.79

0.979

1.54

0.79; 3.03

0.205

0.33

0.07; 1.52

0.155

Knowledge of risk and protective factors (sum score)

1.08

0.98; 1.20

0.127

1.09

0.97; 1.23

0.135

1.06

0.86; 1.32

0.568

  1. Outcome: interest in information on brain health (response options “yes” and “maybe” vs. “no”). Significant associations highlighted in bold type; CI: confidence interval; OR: Odds Ratio