Table 4 Logistic regression analysis for factors associated with access to assistive technology and telecare among 276 people with dementia^a

Age (years)

 66–79

1.00

1.00

 79–86

1.91 [1.03–3.54]

.04

1.35 [0.65–2.82]

.43

 86–97

5.92 [2.73–12.85]

 < .001

1.77 [0.70–4.46]

.23

Sex (female)

2.60 [1.50–4.48]

.001

2.32 [1.14–4.78]

.02

Cohabitation status

 Spouse/partner

1.00

1.00

 Alone

8.21 [4.16–16.2]

 < .001

3.93 [1.33–11.6]

.01

Municipality

 A

1.00

1.00

 B

1.16 [0.63–2.12]

.63

1.40 [0.62–3.19]

.42

 C

1.34 [0.66–2.74]

.42

1.02 [0.42–2.45]

.97

Fall (yes)

2.68 [0.59–12.1]

.20

1.71 [0.33–8.78]

.52

MMSE-NR3³ score

0.95 [0.89–1.03]

.20

0.99 [0.88–1.11]

.87

FAST⁴ score

1.80 [1.28–2.55]

.001

1.46 [0.89–2.41]

.13

Severity of dementia index

 Low

1.00

1.00

 Medium

4.38 [1.72–11.12]

.002

2.63 [0.85–8.10]

.09

 High

4.55 [1.86–11.12]

.001

1.64 [0.53–5.09]

.40

GMHR⁵ score

0.68 [0.47–0.98]

.04

0.75 [0.48–1.18]

.30

PADL⁶score

0.79 [0.72–0.87]

 < .001

0.90 [0.79–1.03]

.13

IADL⁷score

1.09 [1.04–1.14]

 < .001

1.10 [1.02–1.19]

.01

Telephone use—operates by own initiative, looks up and dials numbers

0.44 [0.11–1.69]

0.23

0.61 [0.10–3.59]

.59

CG age (years)

 33—58

1.00

1.00

 58—73

0.34 [0.15–0.77]

.009

0.51 [0.20–1.34]

.17

 73—92

0.15 [0.07–0.34]

 < .001

0.34 [0.13–1.01]

.05

CG sex (men)

1.09 [0.62–1.9]

.77

1.39 [0.50–3.87]

.53

CG kinship

 Spouse

1.00

1.00

 Child

1.20 [0.19–7.41]

.84

0.44 [0.02–9.57]

.60

CG living with the person with dementia (yes)

0.14 [0.08–0.27]

 < .001

1.32 [0.21–8.20]

.76

CG`s contribution to care

 < .001

 1–20%

1.00

1.00

 21–40%

0.54 [0.09–3.12]

.49

1.23 [0.13–11.46]

.87

 41–60%

2.00 [0.32–12.51]

.46

5.04 [0.57–50.75]

.14

 61–80%

1.72 [0.29–10.18]

.55

4.26 [0.47–38.50]

.20

 81–100%

0.30 [0.06–1.40]

.13

1.81 [0.23–14.11]

.56