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Table 2 Effects of MMD program versus usual care on the MPES scores across treatment sessions

From: Effects of a culturally adapted group based Montessori based activities on engagement and affect in Chinese older people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial

Measures

Time effect

Group effect

Time-by-group effect

Wald χ2

p

Wald χ2

p

Wald χ2

p

Constructive engagement

At the beginning 10 minutes of the session

    

Intervention group

28.75

< 0.001***

20.07

< 0.001***

15.21

0.033*

Comparison group

      

At the middle 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

13.26

< 0.001***

30.15

< 0.001***

19.93

0.006**

Comparison group

At the last 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

2.79

NS

36.94

< 0.001***

3.54

0.831

Comparison group

Passive engagement

At the beginning 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

21.85

0.003**

0.41

NS

5.40

0.612

Comparison group

At the middle 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

2.34

NS

4.79

0.029*

7.96

0.336

Comparison group

At the last 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

7.56

NS

9.45

0.002**

17.61

0.014*

Comparison group

Non-engagement

At the beginning 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

7.28

NS

7.28

0.007**

8.67

0.277

Comparison group

At the middle 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

4.65

NS

7.26

0.007**

2.04

0.958

Comparison group

At the last 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

11.17

NS

6.43

0.011*

5.32

0.621

Comparison group

Other engagement

At the beginning 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

15.30

0.032*

2.45

NS

9.27

0.234

Comparison group

At the middle 10 minutes of the session

Intervention group

13.30

NS

0.16

NS

12.32

0.090

Comparison group

At the last 10 minutes of the session

     

Intervention group

7.90

NS

0.65

NS

12.44

0.087

Comparison group

  1. Note: Generalized estimating equation; Wald χ2 = Wald Chi-square; NS not significant; *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001