Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Prevalence of Distress for Patients With and Without Alzheimer’s Dementia.

Patient Characteristics	Dementia n = 154	Cognitively Intact n = 62	t	df	P
Age (years)	77.5 ± 8	73.1 ± 9	3.22	101	.002
Female	97 (63)	43 (69)	-	1	.375*
Years of Education	13 ± 5	15 ± 4	3.11	129	.002
Race			-	2	.337*
White	114 (74)	40 (65)	-	-	-
Black	25 (16)	15 (24)	-	-	-
Multi-racial	15(4)	7 (11)	-	-	-
Ethnicity			-	1	.379†
Latino	18 (12)	10 (16)	-	-	-
Non-Latino	136 (88)	53 (84)	-	-	-
Mini-mental Status Exam	20.7 ± 4	28.8 ± 2	19.8	213	<.001
Geriatric Depression Scale	1 (0,13)	0 (0,6)	-	-	.001‡
Cognitive Test Performance
Verbal Fluency	9 ± 4	20 ± 6	13.0	93	<.001
Boston Naming	12 ± 3	14 ± 1	10.6	210	<.001
Clock Drawing	4 ± 3	1 ± 1	10.8	209	<.001
Digit Symbol	27 ± 17	52 ± 13	11.1	147	<.001
Wordlist Memory	11 ± 5	22 ± 4	17.2	142	<.001
Wordlist Recognition	15 ± 3	20 ± 1	14.2	149	<.001
Wordlist Recall	2 ± 2	7 ± 2	20.2	116	<.001
Logical Memory 1	8 ± 6	25 ± 9	14.5	88	<.001
Logical Memory 2	2 ± 4	23 ± 9	16.2	71	<.001
Self Reported Distress, n (%)			-	3	.002*
None	46 (30)	33 (53)	-	-	-
Mild	46 (30)	18 (29)	-	-	-
Moderate	35 (23)	10 (16)	-	-	-
Severe	25 (17)	1 (2)	-	-	-
Perceived Test Performance Compared to 10 Years Ago, n (%)			-	1	.89*
Same or Better	60 (40)	25 (41)	-	-	-
Worse	90 (60)	36 (59)	-	-	-
Perceived Difficulty of Test, n (%)			-	1	.11*
Very to Somewhat Easy	76 (51)	38 (63)	-	-	-
Very to Somewhat Difficult	73 (49)	22 (37)	-	-	-

Values are express as mean ± SD, frequency (percent), or median (upper bound, lower bound)

^*Pearson Chi Square

^†Fisher’s Exact Test

^‡Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test

SD= standard deviation