Table 1.

Characteristics of the study participants

	Younger (18 – 30 years) People (n  = 24)	Older (+ 65 years), Cognitive Healthy People (n  = 24)	Older (+ 65 years) Cognitive Impaired People (n  = 23)
Participants characteristics	Frequency (n, %)	Frequency (n, %)	Frequency (n, %)
Age group
18 – 30 years	24 (100%)	-	-
65 – 70 years	-	10 (41.67%)	2 (8.7%)
71 – 80 years	-	10 (41.67%)	11 (47.83%)
81 – 90 years	-	4 (16.66%)	9 (39.13%)
91 – 100 years	-	-	1 (4.34%)
Gender
Female	16 (66.67%)	14 (58.33%)	15 (65.22%)
Male	8 (33.33%)	10 (41.67%)	8 (34.78%)
Education
< 12 years	2 (8.33%)	1 (4.17%)	2 (8.7%)
≥ 12 years	22 (91.67%)	23 (95.83%)	21 (91.3%)
Marital status
Solitarily	16 (66.67%)	6 (25%)	7 (30.43%)
In a partnership	8 (33.33%)	18 (75%)	16 (69.57%)
Diagnosed medical diseases
No chronic diseases	21 (87.5%)	13 (54.17%)	11 (47.83%)
One chronic disease	3 (12.5%)	5 (20.83%)	10 (43.48%)
≥ 2 chronic diseases	-	6 (25%)	2 (8.69%)

n Number of participants in the corresponding group, % Frequency in the group in per cent