Abbreviations: Cont: Control Group; IV: Intervention Group; SD: Standard Deviation; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination. The Student’s t-test was used for age and Mini-Mental State Examination score, whereas the χ2 test was used for gender.
| Gender | IV (n=9) | Cont (n=9) | p |
| Male (%) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | 0.712 |
| Female (%) | 7 (77.8) | 7 (77.8) | |
| Age (mean ±SD) | 89.0 ±7.1 | 82.2 ±6.6 | 0.890 |
| MMSE (mean ±SD) | 23.1 ±4.8 | 24.3 ±4.8 | 0.679 |