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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: Geriatr Nurs. 2013 Feb 12;34(3):181–186. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.12.014

Table 2.

Sample characteristics.

Mean ± SD Median Range Interquartile range All enrolled participants (n = 28) Participants who completed 6-month data collection (n = 22) Participants who dropped out (n = 6)
Age 78.1 ± 8.34 78.1 ± 8.51 78.2 ± 8.6
78.0 78.0 79.0
60–91 60–91 64–89
11 12 14
Education (years) 16.1 ± 2.98 16.0 ± 3.12 16.3 ± 2.66
16.0 16.0 16.0
12–24 12–24 12–20
3.8 3.3 3.5
Baseline MMSE 19.9 ± 4.02 20.3 ± 3.67 18.2 ± 5.11
21.0 21.0 19.0
12–27 12–27 12–23
6 3 10
Baseline CDR 1 1 2
1 1 1.5
1–3 1–2 1–3
0 0 2.0
No. (%) male 11 (39.3%) 8 (36.4%) 3 (50%)

Note: CDR, clinical dementia rating scale; MMSE, mini-mental state examination; SD, standard deviation.