Table 2.

Characteristics of the interviewed patients and the average result of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (N=12).

Patient characteristics		Sample value
Gender, n (%)
	Male	4 (33)
	Female	8 (67)
Age category (years), n (%)
	65-74	2 (17)
	75-85	9 (75)
	≥86	1 (8)
Age (years), mean (SD)		78.7 (5.6)
Marital status, n (%)
	Single/widowed	6 (50)
	Married/cohabitation	6 (50)
Number of comorbidities, n (%)
	2-8	7 (58)
	≥9	5 (42)
Comorbidity, n (%)
	Essential (primary) hypertension	10 (83)
	Type 2 diabetes mellitus	5 (42)
	Chronic ischemic heart disease	4 (33)
MMSE score, mean (SD)		24.5 (1.6)