Table 1.
Characteristics of the people with dementia
|
People with dementia (n=25) |
|
| Sex (male/female) | 60%/40% |
| Age (years) | m=79.4 |
| SD=8.23 | |
| range=59–94 | |
|
Diagnosis - Alzheimer’s disease |
48% |
| - Vascular dementia | 12% |
| - Mixed dementia | 32% |
| - Frontotemporal dementia | 4% |
| - Dementia with Lewy bodies | 4% |
| MMSE (score) | m=10.2 |
| SD=7.10 | |
| range=0–21 | |
|
Severity of dementia - Mild |
16% |
| - Moderate | 36% |
| - Severe | 48% |
Abbreviations: n, sample size; m, mean; SD, standard deviation; MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination.