Table 2.

Baseline measurement of variables and their differences between the second intervention group (regular players) and control group.

Variable	Second intervention group (N=38), mean (SD)	Control group (N=55), mean (SD)	t (df)	P value	95% CI
Age	83.61 (5.38)	84.24 (9.33)	−0.412 (88.54)	.68	−0.49 to 0.34
Care levela	2.42 (0.94)	2.67 (0.83)	−1.30 (82)	.20	−0.72 to 0.15
Financial medium scoreb	2.00 (0.83)	2.00 (1.04)	0.00 (58)	>.99	−0.51 to −0.51
Health condition scorec	3.41 (1.04)	3.10 (1.27)	1.22 (86)	.23	−0.16 to 0.68
Health behavior scored	2.37 (0.75)	2.53 (0.97)	−0.84 (91)	.40	−0.59 to 0.24
Health assessment scoree	2.89 (0.73)	2.89 (0.83)	0.02 (91)	.98	−0.41 to 0.42
MMSTf mean score	1.32 (0.23)	1.29 (0.26)	0.60 (91)	.55	−0.29 to 0.54
MMST total score	24.76 (4.25)	24.47 (4.86)	0.30 (91)	.77	−0.35 to 0.48

^a0 (no need for care) to 5 (most severe impairments).

^b0=<€1000; 1=€1000-€1500; 2=€1500-€2000; >€2000.

^c0 (healthy) to 5 (chronically ill).

^d0 (not taking care of their health) to 5 (taking great care of their health).

^e0 (“I rate my health as very bad”) to 5 (“I rate my health as very good”).

^fMMST: Mini-Mental Status Test.