Table 5.
Associations between MoCA scores at baseline and work status at follow-up for younger (<37 years old) and older (≥ 37 years old) participants.
| Younger participants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed at follow-up (n = 24) |
Not Employed at follow-up (n = 27) |
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| Baseline MoCA | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | df | p |
| Executive function | 3.13 (1.2) | 2.37 (1.3) | 2.2 | 49 | 0.03 |
| Naming | 2.63 (0.7) | 2.67 (0.6) | −0.3 | 49 | 0.8 |
| Attention | 4.33 (1.5) | 3.41 (2.0) | 1.9 | 46.9 | 0.1 |
| Language | 0.92 (0.9) | 0.70 (0.9) | 0.9 | 49 | 0.4 |
| Abstraction | 1.08 (0.8) | 0.78 (0.8) | 1.3 | 49 | 0.2 |
| Delayed recall | 1.75 (1.4) | 1.67 (1.4) | 0.2 | 49 | 0.8 |
| Orientation | 5.79 (0.5) | 5.30 (1.2) | 1.9 | 35.9 | 0.1 |
| Total | 20.42 (4.0) | 17.52 (4.1) | 2.5 | 49 | 0.02 |
| Older participants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed at follow-up (n = 22) |
Not employed at follow-up (n = 21) |
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| Baseline MoCA | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | df | p |
| Executive function | 2.41 (1.3) | 2.14 (1.2) | 0.7 | 41 | 0.5 |
| Naming | 2.50 (0.7) | 2.62 (0.7) | −0.6 | 41 | 0.6 |
| Attention | 4.23 (1.2) | 3.10 (1.9) | 2.3 | 33.3 | 0.03 |
| Language | 0.32 (0.6) | 0.33 (0.6) | −0.1 | 41 | 0.9 |
| Abstraction | 0.77 (0.8) | 0.67 (0.7) | 0.5 | 41 | 0.7 |
| Delayed recall | 1.59 (1.3) | 0.81 (1.5) | 1.8 | 41 | 0.1 |
| Orientation | 5.64 (0.9) | 5.14 (1.2) | 1.5 | 41 | 0.1 |
| Total | 18.36 (3.3) | 15.57 (5.0) | 2.2 | 41 | 0.04 |