Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample based on participation.
| Respondents (n = 613) | Non-respondents (n = 246)a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | P-valueb | ||
| Age at FINGER baseline (years) | 67.9 | (4.6) | 69.6 | (4.7) | <0.001 | |
| Education (years) | 10.2 | (3.5) | 10.1 | (3.4) | 0.572 | |
| Age at the time of COVID-19 questionnaire (years)c | 77.7 | (4.5) | 79.5 | (4.7) | <0.001 | |
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Women | 299 | 48.8% | 107 | 43.5% | 0.161 | |
| Original intervention group | 297 | 48.5% | 135 | 54.9% | 0.089 | |
| Living with someone at baseline | 474 | 77.6% | 173 | 70.9% | 0.040 | |
| Living at capital area | 213 | 34.7% | 91 | 37.0% | 0.534 | |
| Living with someone at the time of COVID-19 questionnaire | 408 | 67.6% | n/a | |||
| Chronic conditions (self-report) | ||||||
| 0 | 123 | 20.4% | n/a | |||
| 1 | 153 | 25.3% | ||||
| 2+ | 328 | 54.3% | ||||
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; FINGER, Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability.
a
Non-respondents as of September 2020; these data are preliminary, with the second data collection still ongoing from non-respondents.
b
p-values from t-test for independent samples for continuous variables or χ2-test for categorical variables.
c
Age calculated at the time of sending the questionnaire.