Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline
Errorless learning | Trial and error learning | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Completers week 16 (n = 69) | Dropouts week 16 (n = 12) | Total (n = 81) | Completers week 16 (n = 71) | Dropouts week 16 (n = 9) | Total (n = 80) | |
Patient—demographic characteristics | ||||||
Age (years) | 76.7 (8.0) | 79.3 (6.1) | 77.1 (7.8) | 76.2 (6.5) | 75.2 (9.4) | 76.1 (6.8) |
Sex (female) | 40 (58) | 6 (50) | 46 (57) | 40 (56) | 6 (67) | 46 (58) |
School | ||||||
No school graduation | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.5) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) |
Middle school graduation (9 or 10 years) | 60 (87.0) | 11 (91.7) | 71 (87.7) | 52 (73.2) | 7 (77.8) | 59 (73.8) |
High school graduation (12 or 13 years) | 7 (10.1) | 1 (8.3) | 8 (9.9) | 18 (25.4) | 2 (22.2) | 20 (25.0) |
Vocational education | ||||||
Not completed | 17 (24.6) | 2 (16.7) | 19 (23.5) | 12 (16.9) | 3 (33.3) | 15 (18.8) |
Completed | 52 (75.4) | 10 (83.3) | 62 (76.5) | 59 (83.1) | 6 (66.7) | 65 (81.3) |
Patient—clinical characteristics | ||||||
TMT number of missing data | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 |
TMT number of not completed (>240 sec) | 19 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
TMT number of completed (≤240 sec) | 48 | 10 | 58 | 56 | 8 | 64 |
TMT completed (sec) | 92.6 (40.9) | 122.6 (61.6) | 97.8 (45.9) | 106.0 (50.8) | 106.8 (45.3) | 106.1 (49.8) |
MMSE | 19.8 (3.3) | 19.1 (3.0) | 19.7 (3.2) | 19.7 (3.3) | 20.3 (3.6) | 19.8 (3.3) |
Reisberg Clinical Dementia Rating | 4.3 (0.6) | 4.3 (0.5) | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.7) |
GDS | 2.7 (1.7) | 2.8 (1.9) | 2.7 (1.9) | 2.8 (2.2) | 2.6 (2.1) | 2.8 (2.2) |
Years since dementia onset | 2.2 (2.3) | 1.8 (1.3) | 2.1 (2.1) | 1.5 (1.5) | 3.3 (4.3) | 1.7 (2.1) |
Number of patients without additional diagnosis | 27 (39.1) | 4 (33.3) | 31 (38.3) | 30 (42.3) | 4 (44.4) | 34 (42.5) |
Number of patients with 1–3 additional diagnoses | 33 (47.8) | 6 (50.0) | 39 (48.1) | 33 (46.5 | 4 (44.4) | 37 46.3) |
Number of patients with ≥4 additional diagnoses | 9 (13.0) | 2 (16.7) | 11 (13.6) | 8 (11.3) | 1 (11.1) | 9 (11.3) |
Primary caregiver | ||||||
Age (years) | 62.3 (13.5) | 65.4 (12.9) | 62.7 (13.4) | 62.9 (13.8) | 60.2 (12.5) | 62.6 (13.6) |
Sex (female) | 25 (36.2) | 4 (33.3) | 29 (35.8) | 26 (36.6) | 3 (33.3) | 29 (36.3) |
Relation | ||||||
Spouse | 35 (50.7) | 7 (58.3) | 42 (51.9) | 41 (57.7) | 4 (44.4) | 45 (56.3) |
(Grand) Child | 30 (43.5) | 4 (33.3) | 34 (42.0) | 27 (38.0) | 5 (55.6) | 32 (40.0) |
Others | 4 (5.8) | 1 (8.3) | 5 (6.2) | 3 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.8) |
Living together | 47 (68.1) | 9 (75.0) | 56 (69.1) | 47 (66.2) | 5 (55.6) | 52 (65.0) |
Caring for the patient (months) | 26.4 (26.8) | 33.1 (34.9) | 27.4 (28.0) | 21.9 (18.7) | 33.4 (37.2) | 23.2 (21.5) |