A survey of the Queensland healthcare workforce: attitudes towards dementia care and training

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Significant predictors of ‘Approaches to Dementia Questionnaire’ scores

ADQ scale	Predictors	B	Standard error	β	p
ADQ total score	Regarding having a high level of dementia knowledge as more (rather than less) important	1.70	0.45	0.19	0.000
	Greater self-confidence in caring for a person with dementia	1.38	0.39	0.17	0.000
	Participation in dementia education/training activity in the past 12 months	2.55	0.71	0.16	0.000
	(Constant)	64.93	1.78
	R² = 0.15, Adj R² = 0.15, p<0.001
ADQ hope score	Higher self-confidence in caring for a person with dementia	0.77	0.23	0.16	0.001
	Participation in dementia education/training activity in the past 12 months	1.51	0.42	0.16	0.000
	Regarding having a high level of dementia knowledge as more (rather than less) important	0.58	0.26	0.11	0.027
	(Constant)	23.29	1.05
	R² = 0.10, Adj R² = 0.98, p<0.001
ADQ Person-centeredness score	Regarding having a high level of dementia knowledge as more (rather than less) important	1.15	0.26	0.22	0.000
	Higher self-confidence in caring for a person with dementia	0.69	0.22	0.15	0.002
	Participation in dementia education/training activity in the past 12 months	0.99	0.40	0.11	0.014
	(Constant)	41.22	1.01
	R² = 0.14, Adj R² = 0.13, p<0.001

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