. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Jun;64(6):1293–1298. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14132

Table 1.

Baseline Sample Characteristics.

	VSOP training (n = 10)	MLA control (n = 11)	Independent t or X² test (p value)
Demographic and health information
Age, Mean (SD)	72.90 (8.23)	73.09 (9.60)	−0.05 (.96)
Male, n (%)	5 (50.05)	6 (54.5%)	0.04 (1.00)
Education: HS or lower, n (%)	1 (10.0%)	5 (45.5%)	3.23 (.15)
White, n (%)	7 (70.0%)	10 (90.9%)	1.49 (.31)
15-item Geriatric Depressive Scale, Mean (SD)	2.30 (1.89)	3.64 (0.71)	−1.39 (.18)
History of engaging in mental leisure activities, Mean (SD)	3.83 (0.71)	4.44 (1.05)	−1.56 (.14)
Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Mean (SD)	24.44 (2.60)	25.63 (1.63)	−1.25 (.23)