Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical profile.
| CG n = 14 |
TG n = 16 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender, n (%) | 0.153 | ||
| Female | 5 (35.8%) | 10 (62.5) | |
| Male | 9 (64.2%) | 6 (37.5%) | |
| Age, mean ± SD | 75.5 ± 5.4 | 72.7 ± 6.3 | 0.131 |
| Marital status, n (%) | 0.891 | ||
| Married | 12 (85.7%) | 14 (87.5%) | |
| Widowed | 2 (14.3%) | 2 (12.5%) | |
| Educational level, n (%) | 0.204 | ||
| Primary education | 5 (35.7%) | 10 (62.5%) | |
| Secondary education | 7 (50%) | 4 (25%) | |
| University or more | 2 (14.3%) | 2 (12.5%) | |
| Hoehn and Yahr score, mean ± SD | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 2.0 ± 0.8 | 0.187 |
| Rankin scale score, mean ± SD | 1.6 ± 0.7 | 1.2 ± 0.9 | 0.201 |
| GDS, mean ± SD | 2.5 ± 1.2 | 2.5 ± 1.4 | 0.987 |
| FAC, mean ± SD | 4.1 ± 1.2 | 4.6 ± 2.4 | 0.052 |
| MMSE, mean ± SD | 26.6 ± 1.9 | 27.0 ± 1.8 | 0.295 |
CG = control group; TG = technological group; SD = standard deviation; GDS = geriatric depression scale; FAC = functional ambulation category; MMSE = mini mental state examination.