Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
| Variables | Mean (SD)/N (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants with no neurological diagnosis | Participants with neurological diagnosis | All participants | Literate participants | |
| Sample size (n) | 45 | 18 | 63 | 21 |
| Age (years) | 68.3 (6.9) | 59.9 (16.7) | 65.9 (11.2) | 65.1 (11.3) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 26 (57.8%) | 8 (44.4%) | 34 (54.0%) | 16 (76.2%) |
| Female | 19 (42.2%) | 10 (55.6%) | 29 (46.0%) | 5 (23.8%) |
| Literacy | ||||
| Literate | 18 (40.0%) | 3 (16.7%) | 21 (33.3%) | 21 (100%) |
| Nonliterate | 27 (60.0%) | 15 (83.7%) | 42 (66.7%) | — |
| DSRS score | 6.5 (9.4) | 11.0 (8.8) | 7.8 (9.4) | 6.8 (9.9) |
| MMC with SST | 3.5 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.5) | 3.4 (1.5) | — |
| MMC with MPT | 3.4 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.6) | 3.3 (1.5) | — |
| MC | — | — | — | 3.6 (1.5) |
MC: Mini-Cog; MMC: modified Mini-Cog; SST: serial subtraction task; MPT: multistep performance task; DSRS: Dementia Severity Rating Scale. Neurological diagnosis: stroke = 13 (20.6%), traumatic brain injury = 4 (6.3%), and Alzheimer′s disease = 1 (1.6%). Out of 21 literate participants, those with no diagnosis of neurological disease were 18 (85.7%) and those with diagnosis of neurological disease (stroke: 2, traumatic brain injury: 1) were 3 (14.3%). There were no significant differences (p > 0.05) on any variables between two (with neurological and without neurological) groups.