Dementia-related contact experience, attitudes, and the level of knowledge in medical vocational college students

Table 2 Experience of medical-vocational college students contact with dementia patients

Variables		The total (n = 2444), n (%)	Medical major students (n = 1251), n (%)	Medical-related major students (n = 1193), n (%)	χ2	P value
Heard about Alzheimer’s disease					8.466	0.004
	Yes	2179 (89.2)	1093 (87.4)	1086 (91.0)
	No	265 (10.8)	158 (12.6)	107 (9.0)
Interest and concern in Alzheimer’s disease					31.469	< 0.001
	Yes	2118 (86.7)	1037 (82.9)	1081 (90.7)
	No	326 (13.3)	214 (17.1)	112 (9.3)
Contact experience					0.770	0.380
	Yes	714 (29.2)	398 (31.8)	316 (26.5)
	No	1730 (70.8)	853 (68.2)	877 (73.5)
First contact (n = 714)					0.108	0.743
	Before college	263 (36.8)	144 (36.2)	119 (37.7)
	At the time of college	451 (63.2)	254 (63.8)	197 (62.3)
First place of contact (n = 714)					0.117	0.732
	House	439 (61.5)	242 (60.8)	197 (62.3)
	Other	275 (38.5)	156 (39.2)	119 (37.7)
Experience living together					3.175	0.075
	Yes	388 (54.3)	204 (51.3)	184 (58.2)
	No	326 (45.7)	194 (48.7)	132 (41.8)
Period of living together (n = 388)					0.000	1.000
	Less than 1 yr	288 (74.2)	151 (37.9)	137 (43.4)
	More than 1 yr	100 (25.8)	53 (62.1)	47 (57.0)
Attitudes					0.000	1.000
	Positive	2298 (94.0)	1176 (94.0)	1122 (94.0)
	Negative	146 (6.0)	75 (6.0)	71 (6.0)
Interested in participating in care					16.336	< 0.001
	Yes	864 (35.4)	490 (39.2)	374 (31.3)
	No	1580 (64.4)	761 (60.8)	819 (68.7)