Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics and performance on baseline-only tests for the three groups

Variables	Memory training group (n = 8)	Memory compensation group (n = 7)	Wait-list control group (n = 4)
Age, years	79 ± 8, 67–91	78 ± 4, 73–83	77 ± 5, 71–83
Males/females	4/4	3/4	2/2
Education, years	11 ± 6, 4–23	12 ± 6, 3–20	10 ± 6, 3–16
Evidence of cardiovascular diseasea	3 (out of 6)	3 (out of 6)	2 (out of 3)
Mini-Mental Status Examyb	27 ± 3, 23–30	27 ± 2, 23–30	26 ± 2, 23–27
Montreal Cognitive Assessmentb	20 ± 5, 9–25	21 ± 2, 18–25	22 ± 2, 19–24
MCI subtype
Amnestic single domain	1	2	1
Amnestic multidomain	4	4	2
Nonamnestic single domain	2	1	1
Nonamnestic multidomain	1	0	0
Boston Naming Testyd	7 ± 3, 2–11	8 ± 3, 5–13	8 ± 4, 3–13
WAIS-III Vocabularyd	9 ± 4, 5–17	11 ± 3, 8–15	8 ± 1, 8–9
Digit Span Forward (max.)e	−0.3 ± 1.2, −1.6 to 1.9	0.2 ± 0.9, −0.8 to 1.5	0.5 ± 1.2, −0.7 to 2.1
Rey Complex Figure Copy	22 ± 6, 14–31	16 ± 9, 7–28	21 ± 10, 7–28
Stroop Interferenced	−0.2 ± 1.0, −1.7 to 1.0	−0.5 ± 1.3, −2.9 to 0.7	−1.1 ± 2.3, −4.2 to 1.0
Barthel Index	97 ± 5, 85–100	100 ± 0	100 ± 0
OARS	12 ± 3, 6–14	13 ± 2, 10–14	14 ± 0
Geriatric Depression Scalec	3 ± 2, 1–7	2 ± 2, 0–6	3 ± 1, 2–3

The descriptive statistics shown include only participants who completed the study. Where appropriate, values are given as mean ± SD, range.

^aAs indicated by CT scan results where available;

^bmaximum score = 30;

^cmaximum score = 15;

^dthe scores shown are age-corrected, scaled scores;

^ethe scores shown are age-corrected z-scores.