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Table 2 Baseline data of participant demographics and health characteristics

From: Transferability and sustainability of process-based multi-task adaptive cognitive training in community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial

Demographic Characteristics

Intervention Group (n = 46)

Wait-list Control Group (n = 46)

P

Age

74.66 ± 8.58

75.00 ± 6.59

0.830

Gender

  

0.527

 Male

18(39.1)

21(45.7)

 

 Female

28(60.9)

25(54.3)

 

Education level

  

0.836

 Primary school

17(37.0)

13(28.3)

 

 Middle school

18(39.1)

21(45.7)

 

 High school

6(13.0)

6(13.0)

 

 Tertiary or above

5(10.9)

6(13.0)

 

Residence

  

0.143

 Living alone

8(17.4)

14(30.4)

 

 Living with spouse/children

38(82.6)

32(69.6)

 

Marital status

  

0.625

 Married

12(26.1)

10(21.3)

 

 Single (divorced, widowed)

34(73.9)

36(78.7)

 

Monthly income

  

0.757

 ≤ 1000

6(13.0)

4(8.7)

 

 1000 ~ 2999

18(39.1)

15(32.6)

 

 3000 ~ 4999

14(30.5)

17(37.0)

 

 ≥ 5000

8(17.4)

10(21.7)

 

Sleeping status

  

0.612

 Poor

11(23.9)

15(32.6)

 

 Fair

22(48.9)

20(43.5)

 

 Good

13(28.2)

11(23.9)

 

Occupation

  

0.656

 Full-time

30(65.2)

32(69.6)

 

 Part-time

16(34.8)

14(30.4)

 

Living area

  

0.662

 Urban

31(67.4)

29(63.0)

 

 Country

15(32.6)

17(37.0)

 

Intellectual activity a

  

0.807

 Never

6(13.1)

8(17.4)

 

 Regularity b

15(32.6)

13(28.3)

 

 Irregularity

25(54.3)

25(54.3)

 

Overall cognition function

   

 MMSE score

21.72 ± 1.50

20.85 ± 1.38

0.327

 MoCA score

19.06 ± 1.96

18.26 ± 2.20

0.063

Executive function

   

 Stroop Test-Word

49.89 ± 6.88

49.83 ± 6.23

0.963

 Stroop Test-Color

47.77 ± 3.55

47.60 ± 3.73

0.821

 Stroop Test-Color Word

17.17 ± 4.57

16.91 ± 4.70

0.790

 Trail Making Test A

84.71 ± 14.53

83.59 ± 9.47

0.661

 Trail Making Test B

294.43 ± 62.01

293.86 ± 64.34

0.965

Working memory

   

 Digit Span Forward

4.33 ± 1.19

4.30 ± 1.23

0.932

 Digit Span Backward

3.50 ± 1.09

3.74 ± 0.91

0.255

Psychomotor speed

   

 Reaction time

2.05 ± 0.44

2.07 ± 0.43

0.887

 Finger tapping test

47.61 ± 3.96

47.83 ± 3.2

0.774

  1. Note: MMSE, Mini-mental State Examination; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; a, intellectual activities were reading books, newspapers, or magazines; painting; calligraphy; playing mahjong or card games. b, regular activity defined as any intellectual activity lasting more than 1 month with a frequency of 30-min or 3-time or more per week
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