Table 1.
Characteristics of the Participants at Baseline.
| Characteristics | Overall | CoS-Play | Control | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 30 | n = 18 | n = 12 | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 83.2 (7.18) | 81.8 (7.41) | 85.3 (6.56) | .415a |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 8 (26.7) | 5 (27.8) | 3 (25.0) | 1.000b |
| Female | 22 (73.3) | 13 (72.2) | 9 (75.0) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 12 (40.0) | 7 (38.9) | 5 (41.7) | 1.000b |
| Single/divorced/widowed | 18 (60.0) | 11 (61.1) | 7 (58.3) | |
| Education level | ||||
| No schooling/primary | 22 (73.3) | 12 (33.3) | 10 (83.3) | .419b |
| Secondary/Tertiary | 8 (26.7) | 6 (11.1) | 2 (10.7) | |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||
| Montreal Cognitive Assessment | 7.90 (4.4) | 9.2 (3.9) | 5.9 (4.5) | .028a,c |
| FOME—Total storage | 14.9 (11.7) | 13.3 (10.7) | 17.3 (13.3) | .369a |
| FOME—Total retrieval | 9.1 (8.1) | 7.5 (6.7) | 11.6 (1.6) | .182a |
| FOME—Delayed recall | 1.8 (1.7) | 1.6 (1.6) | 2.3 (1.7) | .270a |
| Modified Verbal Fluency Test | 11.8 (5.7) | 13.0 (4.9) | 9.9 (6.6) | .150a |
Abbreviations: CoS-Play, Cognitive Stimulating Play Intervention; FOME, Fuld Object Memory Evaluation; SD, standard deviation.
a Mann-Whitney U test.
b Fisher exact test.
c p < .005.