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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Activities of daily living in dementia: revalidation of the E-ADL test and suggestions for further development

Characteristic

Total (n = 139)

Age, mean (SD)

84.7 (4.9)

Women, No. (%)

115 (82.7)

Education, No. (%)

Not completed

15 (11.5)

Elementary/secondary school

90 (68.7)

Secondary modern school

17 (13.0)

College preparatory

8 (6.1)

College

1 (.8)

Missing data

8 (6.1)

Marital status, No. (%)

Married

22 (15.8)

Widowed

98 (70.5)

Divorced

5 (3.6)

Single

14 (10.1)

MMSE mean (SD) (range 0–30)

15.2 (5.3)

Care level No. (%)

None

22 (15.8)

1

66 (47.5)

2

51 (36.7)

NOSGER mean (SD)

Sum (range: 30 to 150)

77.7 (17.7)

Mood (range: 5 to 25)

10.3 (3.0)

Disturbing behaviour (range: 5 to 25)

8.0 (2.8)

Social behaviour (range: 5 to 25)

13.8 (4.2)

Memory (range: 5 to 25)

14.5 (4.7)

IADL (range: 5 to 25)

18.4 (4.9)

ADL (range: 5 to 25)

12.7 (4.6)

Barthel-Index, mean (SD) (range: 0 to 100)

53.1 (27.0)

E-ADL-Test, mean (SD) (range: 0 to 30)

25.1 (5,3)

ADAS-cog, mean (SD) (range: 0 to 70)

34.0 (13.1)

  1. MMSE: Mini-Mental Status Examination.
  2. NOSGER: Nurses’ Observation for Geriatric Patients.
  3. E-ADL-Test: Erlangen Test of Activities of Daily Living.
  4. ADAS-cog: Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale, subscale Cognition.