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Table 5 Average participant performance for each trial phase and overall group performance.

From: The COACH prompting system to assist older adults with dementia through handwashing: An efficacy study

Participant [Average MMSE score]

Phase

Mean number of steps completed independently (out of 5)

Mean number of interactions with human caregiver

Mean FAS* (out of 35)

Severe-level dementia**

    

S1 [4]

A1

0.1

14.1

2.4

 

B1

1.8

10.6

17.1

 

A2

0.6

16.2

7.3

 

B2

0.9

20.6

11.2

Moderate-level dementia

    

S3 [15]

A1

5.0

0.0

35.0

 

B1

5.0

0.0

35.0

 

A2

4.9

0.2

34.8

 

B2

5.0

0.0

35.0

S4 [12]

A1

3.6

2.6

29.9

 

B1

5.0

0.0

34.7

 

A2

4.5

1.4

33.9

 

B2

5.0

0.0

34.5

S5 [20]

A1

3.3

4.4

30.7

 

B1

4.1

2.6

31.6

 

A2

3.8

3.8

32.2

 

B2

4.9

0.3

33.2

S6 [13]

A1

5.0

0.0

35.0

 

B1

5.0

0.0

34.9

 

A2

5.0

0.3

34.8

 

B2

5.0

0.0

34.9

S8 [11]

A1

4.6

1.9

33.2

 

B1

5.0

1.3

33.1

 

A2

4.5

2.2

32.8

 

B2

5.0

2.6

32.3

Mean score over phases for the moderate-level group

A1&A2

4.4

1.7

33.2

 

B1&B2

4.9

0.6

34.1

% change***

 

11

-66

2.4

  1. Functional assessment score
  2. ** See Tables 6 to 8 for mean scores for S1
  3. *** Calculated by [(B1+B2)-(A1+A2)]/(A1+A2)*100