Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristic of the participants (mean and standard deviations).
| Intervention group (n = 17) |
Control group (n = 17) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 68.59 (5.65) | 71.65 (4.00) | 0.08a |
| Gender (male/female) | 9/8 | 11/6 | 0.50b |
| Education (years) | 13.29 (3.06) | 14.65 (3.26) | 0.22a |
| MoCA | 26.29 (2.69) | 25.18 (2.53) | 0.33c |
| CESD | 7.00 (5.53) | 6.82 (6.06) | 0.85c |
| ADL | 14.12 (0.49) | 14.18 (0.73) | 0.97c |
Note: aThe P value was obtained using a two-sample two-tailed t test. bThe P value was obtained using a two-tailed Pearson chi-square test. cThe P value was obtained using nonparametric (Mann-Whitney) test.