Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the sample

	MST (n = 15) M (SD)	Education (n = 15) M (SD)	p-Value
Demographics
Age (years)	73.3 (5.9)	71.0 (6.5)	0.31
Education (years)	11.7 (3.6)	12.5 (4.5)	0.57
Gender (females %)	73.3%	80%	1
Ethnicity, caucasian (%)	53%	60%	1
Clinical Characteristics
MADRS	3.6 (3.6)	2.7 (2.9)	0.44
HAMA	3.5 (4.2)	2.4 (2.7)	0.41
IQCODE	3.2 (0.2)	3.0 (0.6)	0.22
B-ADL	1.6 (0.6)	1.7 (0.7)	0.81
Neuropsychological Performance
MoCA	24.3 (2.2)	23.9 (2.7)	0.71
Estimated IQ	97.9 (7.7)	97.3 (10.7)	0.86
Digit Span forward (WAIS-III)	7.4 (1.6)	8.0 (2.0)	0.37
Digit Span backward (WAIS-III)	4.2 (1.3)	4.8 (1.5)	0.25
SKT-Attention Score	1.6 (2.0)	2.3 (2.2)	0.36
SKT-Memory Immediate Recall	6.7 (0.9)	5.7 (1.5)	0.04
SKT-Memory Delayed Recall	6.2 (1.7)	6.2 (2.0)	1
Stroop test (time on third plate)	34.7 (9.6)	41.1 (15.7)	0.23
HVLT-R Immediate recall	20.8 (2.9)	20.5 (3.8)	0.83
HVLT-R delayed recall	3.5 (2.8)	2.7 (2.4)	0.41
Faces Immediate recall (WMS-III)	33.2 (4.8)	34.2 (3.7)	0.53
Faces delayed recall (WMS-III)	31.2 (4.7)	33.1 (3.2)	0.20
LM Immediate recall (WMS-III)	19.5 (5.7)	22.3 (5.8)	0.20
LM delayed recall (WMS-III)	16.9 (5.3)	15.8 (8.0)	0.67
ROCF	29.8 (3.4)	27.1 (5.0)	0.10
COWAT (FAS)	35.2 (10.0)	33.5 (11.7)	0.67
Semantic Fluency (Animal)	15.8 (3.6)	13.6 (3.3)	0.10
Boston Naming Test	54.9 (4.8)	50.9 (7.2)	0.09

Note: B-ADL, Bayer Activities of Daily Living Scale; COWAT, Controlled Oral Word Association Test; ED, Education; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; HVLT-R Hopkins Verbal Learning Test Revised; IQ, Intelligence Quotient; IQCODE, Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly; LM, Logical Memory; M, mean; MADRS, Montgomery-Åsberg; Depression Rating Scale; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MST, Memory Strategy Training; ROCF, Rey- Osterrieth Complex Figure Test; SKT, Short Cognitive Performance Test; SD, Standard Deviation; WAIS, Wechsler Adult Intelligence; WMS, Wechsler Memory Scale.