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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants at baseline for both groups

From: Small scale homelike special care units and traditional special care units: effects on cognition in dementia; a longitudinal controlled intervention study

 

Small scale homelike SCU group M (SD)

Regular SCU group M (SD)

Test statistic

drop out small scale homelike SCU group M (SD)

drop out regular SCU group M (SD)

Sample size (n)

67

48

 

10

20

Gender

F 47, M 20

F 32, M 16

.158a (n.s.)

F 6, M 4

F 17, M 3

Age (years)

83.27 (6.3)

82.88 (8.3)

.772b (n.s.)

84,10 (5.1)

82,60 (6.1)

SMMSE

8.62 (6.5)

8.55 (6.3)

.961b (n.s.)

13.00 (−d)

7.63 (7.5)

Depression

1.4 (1.2)

1.1 (0.9)

.272b (n.s.)

0.00 (−d)

0.60 (0.6)

Educationc

3.32 (1.4)

3.39 (1.3)

.782b (n.s.)

2.86 (1.2)

3.10 (1.5)

  1. apearson chi square test, b t-test. (two-tailed), cConform Verhage [49], done participant