Table 1: Frequencies and percentages of the descriptive statistics for population sample, depending on help-seeking group.
| Variables | NHSa (%) N = 40 | HSb (%) N = 16 | Total n (%) N = 56 | pc |
| Age (42-90) [X (SD)] | 70.45 (9.72) | 69.25 (8.87) | 70.10 (9.42) | 0.45 |
| < 45 | 1 (2.50) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.79) | - |
| 45-55 | 1 (2.50) | 2 (12.50) | 3 (5.36) | - |
| 56-65 | 9 (22.50) | 4 (25) | 13 (23.21) | - |
| 66-75 | 17 (42.50) | 7 (43.75) | 24 (42.86) | - |
| 76-85 | 10 (25) | 3 (18.75) | 13 (23.21) | - |
| > 85 | 2 (5) | 0 | 2 (3.57) | - |
| Sex | 0.35 | |||
| Male | 17 (42.5) | 9 (56.3) | 26 (46.43) | - |
| Female | 23 (57.5) | 7 (43.8) | 30 (53.57) | - |
| Education level | 0.07 | |||
| Primary or Secondary | 18 (45) | 3 (18.8) | 21 (37.50) | - |
| Post-secondary | 22 (55) | 13 (81.3) | 35 (62.50) | - |
| First language | 0.29 | |||
| English | 26 (76.5) | 8 (50) | 34 (60.71) | - |
| French | 14 (63.6) | 8 (50) | 22 (39.29) | - |
| Residency | 0.26 | |||
| Urban | 33 (82.5) | 11 (68.8) | 44 (78.57) | - |
| Rural | 7 (17.5) | 5 (31.3) | 12 (21.43) | - |
| Marital status | 0.44 | |||
| Married | 23 (57.50) | 11 (68.75) | 34 (60.72) | - |
| Other | 17 (42.50) | 5 (31.25) | 22 (39.28) | - |
| Dementia experienced | 0.53 | |||
| Yes | 29 (72.50) | 10 (62.5) | 39 (69.64) | - |
| No | 11 (27.50) | 6 (37.5) | 17 (30.36) | - |
| Heart disease | 0.85 | |||
| No | 11 (72.5) | 12 (75) | 23 (41.07) | - |
| Yes | 29 (27.5) | 4 (25) | 33 (58.93) | - |
Note: aNHS = No Help-Seeking; bHS = Help-Seeking; cp values for Pearson's Chi-square test, except for the variable of age which is the p value for independent samples T test, and dthe variable of Spouse (dementia experience) which is a p value of Fisher's Exact Test.