Table 3.
Participants' characteristics
| |
|
Total (n=25) |
Performance-based IG programming group (n=11) |
Social-oriented IG programming group (n=14) |
Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Sex |
Male |
5 (20.0) |
2 (18.2) |
3 (21.4) |
|
| |
Female |
20 (80.0) |
9 (81.8) |
11 (78.6) |
n.s. ※1 |
| Mean age (years) |
85.0±7.5 |
83.0±5.8 |
86.6±8.6 |
n.s. ※2 |
|
| Living |
Alone |
8 (32.0) |
3 (27.3) |
5 (35.7) |
|
| |
With family |
16 (64.0) |
8 (72.7) |
8 (57.1) |
n.s. ※1 |
| |
Unknown |
1 (4.0) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (7.1) |
|
| Cognitive |
Independent |
14 (56.0) |
6 (54.5) |
8 (57.1) |
|
| Function |
I or IIa※3 |
11 (44.0) |
5 (45.5) |
6 (42.9) |
n.s. ※1 |
| Use of day service (Mean number of use/week) |
2.0±1.0 | 1.9±0.7 | 2.2±1.1 | n.s. ※2 | |
※1 χ2 test.
※2 Mann–Whitney U test.
※3 Level of Cognitive Function (by MHLW).