Table 2.
Summary of the characteristics of the study population.
| Group | No. of Patients | MMSE 1 (Mean ± SD) |
GDS 2 (Mean ± SD) |
Age (Years) Mean ± SD 9 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F 6 | M 7 | T0 8 | |||
| AAT 3 | 52 | 13 | 19.2 ± 2.39 | 11.8 ± 2.95 | 76.6 ± 5.0 |
| ROT 4 | 22 | 9 | 20.1 ± 0.94 | 12.4 ± 1.46 | 75.6 ± 6.0 |
| CTRL 5 | 21 | 10 | 20.4 ± 0.53 | 11.5 ± 0.73 | 75.0 ± 6.3 |
| Total | 95 | 32 | 19.7 ± 1.9 | 11.9 ± 2.3 | 76 ± 5.8 |
1 MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination, 2 GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale; 3 AAT = animal-assisted therapy; 4 ROT = reality orientation therapy; 5 CTRL = control; 6 F = Females; 7 M: Males; 8 T0: Time 0; 9 SD: Standard Deviation.