Table 2.
Participant Demographic and Clinical Characteristics at Baseline (n = 19 dyads) | ||
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PwD | Age | Median 76 y (IQR, 11; range 63‐88) |
Male sex | 63% (n = 12) | |
MoCA | Mean 17.3 (SD 3.7; range 12‐23) | |
Duration of cognitive impairment | Median 60 mo (IQR, 54; range 6‐120) | |
Dementia type | Alzheimer disease (n = 9); vascular dementia (n = 9); mixed dementia (n = 1) | |
Hearing impairment only | 42% (n = 8) | |
Vision impairment only | None | |
Combined hearing and vision impairment | 58% (n = 11) | |
Level of hearing impairment in those screened positive |
n = 12 detected the same number of tones in both ears out of 6 (2 tones = 1, 3 tones = 4, 4 tones = 5, 5 tones = 2); n = 7 had scores of 3/2, 1/3, 1/3, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 4/5 for left and right ears, respectively |
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Level of visual impairment in those screened positive |
n = 9 had mild impairment (+0.2 to 0.5 LogMAR); n = 2 had moderate impairment (+0.6 to 0.9 LogMAR) (ICD10 classification21) |
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Study partners | Age | Median 67 y (IQR, 13; range 43‐82) |
Sex | 68% (n = 13) | |
Coresident with participant with dementia | 79% (n = 15) |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment.18