Table 2.
Baseline characteristics for the adherent and non-adherent group.
| Variable | Sub-Categories | T.Student/Mann–Whitney/Χ2 | p | d-cohen/rb | Adherent | No-Adherent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ± SD | Number | % | ± SD | Number | % | |||||
| Age | −1.185 | 0.243 | −0.374 | 73.6 ± 6.0 | 76.1 ± 7.5 | |||||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Female | 0.044 | 0.834 | 0.032 | 16 | 61,50% | 10 | 38,50% | |||
| Male | 11 | 64,70% | 6 | 35,30% | ||||||
| Years of education | 264.000 | 0.120 | 0.222 | 9.6 ± 2.8 | 8.4 ± 1.1 | |||||
| Clinical Group | ||||||||||
| MCI | 16 | 59,30% | 11 | 40,70% | ||||||
| Mild dementia | 11 | 68,80% | 5 | 31,30% | ||||||
| Adherence Rate | 83.3 ± 8.6 | 59.2 ± 16.1 | ||||||||
| MMSE | 24.4 ± 2.4 | 22.6 ± 3.9 | ||||||||
| ADAS-Cog: Memory of words | 6.1 ± 1.3 | 6.4 ± 1.5 | ||||||||
| ADAS-Cog: word recognition | 3.4 ± 1.9 | 4.6 ± 3.6 | ||||||||
| ADAS-Cog: Total | 13.7 ± 5.0 | 17.2 ± 6.7 | ||||||||
| TMTA_Mistakes | 0.4 ± 0.8 | 0.4 ± 0.7 | ||||||||
| TMTA_Time | 12.8 ± 12.0 | 6.3 ± 2.4 | ||||||||
| WAIS-III: Total Digit | 10.8 ± 2.6 | 9.3 ± 2.5 | ||||||||
| CAMCOG: Visual Reasoning | 2.4 ± 1.4 | 1.9 ± 1.5 | ||||||||
| RBMT: Drawing recognition | 7.7 ± 2.2 | 8.0 ± 2.7 | ||||||||
| WAIS-III: Digit Symbol | 312.000 | 0.016 * | 0.444 | 10.2 ± 2.7 | 8.3 ± 2.8 | |||||
| WAIS-III: Arithmetic | 306.500 | 0.022 * | 0.419 | 10.3 ± 2.9 | 7.7 ± 3.0 | |||||
| SVF | 7.2 ± 3.0 | 5.6 ± 2.5 | ||||||||
| LVF-P | 7.7 ± 3.1 | 6.3 ± 3.2 | ||||||||
| LVF-M | 8.1 ± 3.8 | 6.3 ± 3.5 | ||||||||
| LVF-R | 2.575 | 0.014 * | 0.812 | 8.8 ± 2.5 | 6.6 ± 3.0 | |||||
| GDS | 4.1 ± 4.0 | 4.4 ± 2.9 | ||||||||
| Health condition | 67.0 ± 21.4 | 76.3 ± 19.6 | ||||||||
| Motivation:Attend | Nothing | 20 | 62,50% | 12 | 37,50% | |||||
| Somethings | 4 | 66,70% | 2 | 33,30% | ||||||
| I’m not sure | 1 | 100,00% | 0 | 0,00% | ||||||
| Quite a lot | 2 | 50,00% | 2 | 50,00% | ||||||
| Expectations: Memory | Nothing | 3 | 60,00% | 2 | 40,00% | |||||
| I’m not sure | 3 | 75,00% | 1 | 25,00% | ||||||
| Quite a lot | 13 | 56,50% | 10 | 43,50% | ||||||
| A lot | 8 | 72,70% | 3 | 27,30% | ||||||
| Expectations: Quality of life | Nothing | 1 | 33,30% | 2 | 66,70% | |||||
| I’m not sure | 4 | 100,00% | 0 | 0,00% | ||||||
| Quite a lot | 14 | 56,00% | 11 | 44,00% | ||||||
| A lot | 8 | 72,70% | 3 | 27,30% | ||||||
| Expectations: Free time | I’m not sure | 1 | 100,00% | 0 | 0,00% | |||||
| Quite a lot | 10 | 66,70% | 5 | 33,30% | ||||||
| A lot | 16 | 59,30% | 11 | 40,70% | ||||||
| Expectations: Relating | Nothing | 2 | 100,00% | 0 | 0,00% | |||||
| Somethings | 2 | 50,00% | 2 | 50,00% | ||||||
| I’m not sure | 3 | 100,00% | 0 | 0,00% | ||||||
| Quite a lot | 10 | 47,60% | 11 | 52,40% | ||||||
| A lot | 10 | 76,90% | 3 | 23,10% | ||||||
| EQ-5D-5L: Mobility | I have no problem | 21 | 70,00% | 9 | 30,00% | |||||
| Minor problems | 3 | 60,00% | 2 | 40,00% | ||||||
| Moderate problems | 2 | 40,00% | 3 | 60,00% | ||||||
| serious problems | 1 | 33,30% | 2 | 66,70% | ||||||
| EQ-5D-5L: Self-care | I have no problem | 23 | 63,90% | 13 | 36,10% | |||||
| Minor problems | 1 | 33,30% | 2 | 66,70% | ||||||
| Moderate problems | 3 | 100,00% | 0 | 0,00% | ||||||
| serious problems | 0 | 0,00% | 1 | 100,00% | ||||||
| EQ-5D-5L: Everyday activities | I have no problem | 20 | 60,60% | 13 | 39,40% | |||||
| Minor problems | 1 | 33,30% | 2 | 66,70% | ||||||
| Moderate problems | 5 | 83,30% | 1 | 16,70% | ||||||
| serious problems | 1 | 100,00% | 0 | 0,00% | ||||||
| EQ-5D-5L: Pain/discomfort | I have no problem | 15 | 75,00% | 5 | 25,00% | |||||
| Minor problems | 5 | 41,70% | 7 | 58,30% | ||||||
| Moderate problems | 3 | 60,00% | 2 | 40,00% | ||||||
| serious problems | 4 | 80,00% | 1 | 20,00% | ||||||
| I can’t | 0 | 0,00% | 1 | 100,00% | ||||||
| EQ-5D-5L: Anxiety/depression | I have no problem | 18 | 72,00% | 7 | 28,00% | |||||
| Minor problems | 2 | 33,30% | 4 | 66,70% | ||||||
| Moderate problems | 4 | 57,10% | 3 | 42,90% | ||||||
| serious problems | 2 | 50,00% | 2 | 50,00% | ||||||
| I can’t | 1 | 100,00% | 0 | 0,00% | ||||||
| Prior use of technology | No | 4 | 66,70% | 2 | 33,30% | |||||
| Yes | 23 | 62,20% | 14 | 37,80% | ||||||
Note: , mean; * p-value ≤ 0.05; CAMCOG, Cambridge Cognition Examination; EQ-5D-5L, EuroQol; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; LVF, Lexical Verbal Fluency (forms P, M, R); MCI, mild cognitive impairment; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; RBMT, The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test; SD, standard deviation; SVF, Semantic Verbal Fluency; TMT, Trail Making Test; WAIS-III, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Bold Data; significance effect size.