Table 2 Demographic and neuropsychological characteristics of study participants before and during the pandemic.

From: The neuropsychology of healthy aging: the positive context of the University of the Third Age during the COVID-19 pandemic

  

Before pandemic

 

During pandemic

Cut-off

 

N

M

SD

 

N

M

SD

Demographic characteristics

 Subjects

 

39

   

39

   

 Gender (male/female)

 

8/31

   

8/31

   

 Age (years)

  

67.87

5.76

  

70.72

5.62

 

 Education (years)

      

13.28

2.14

 

Neuropsychological assessment

 MMSE

  

29.23

0.86

  

29.38

0.77

 ≥ 23.8

 ACE-R

  

93.28

3.44

  

94.38

2.86

 ≥ 79 (< 75 years old);

   

 ≥ 60 (> 75 years old)

 MoCA

  

25.23

2.17

  

26.36

2.62

 ≥ 17.363

 CFI self-report

      

2.81

1.72

 

 CFI partner-report

      

1.64

1.37

 

 RMT—15 instant words

  

44.79

8.92

  

44.18

7.61

 ≥ 28.53

 RMT—15 delayed words

  

9.38

2.51

  

9.56

2.94

 ≥ 4.69

 TMT—part A

  

38.97

12.09

  

39.59

13.63

 ≤ 94

 TMT—part B

  

89.97

24.55

  

93.74

37.47

 ≤ 283

 TMT B-A

  

51.01

19.94

  

54.10

31.90

 ≤ 187

 TT

  

33.56

2.02

  

34.79

0.99

 ≤ 29

Neuropsychiatric assessment

 AES

  

2.36

3.01

  

10.97

6.95

 ≤ 14

 BDI

  

7.33

5.71

  

7.36

6.50

 ≤ 9

 DIS

  

1.77

1.79

  

2.23

1.66

 ≤ 16.9

 HARS

  

4.97

3.62

  

8.15

5.16

 ≤ 14

 MAS

  

1.54

1.99

  

1.56

1.77

 ≤ 15

Physical status

 Frailty phenotype

  

0.33

0.57

  

0.44

0.63

0

 CIRS—severity index

  

1.25

0.82

  

1.36

0.19

 

 CIRS—comorbidity index

  

0.15

0.67

  

1.49

0.98

 
  1. N number, M mean, SD standard deviation, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, ACE-R Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination—revised version, MoCA Montreal cognitive assessment, CFI cognitive functional instrument, RMT Rey memory test, TMT trail making test, TT token test, AES Apathy Evaluation Scale, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, DIS Disinhibition Scale, HARS Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety, MAS Mania Scale, CIRS Cumulative Illness Rating Scale.