Table 2: Baseline participant information.
| Characteristic | People with dementia | Controls | Total sample | Mann Whitney U or X2 statistic, P value |
| N | 10 | 15 | 25 | - |
| Age mean ± SD | 78.78 (8.91) | 74.47 (9.79) | 76.08 (9.514) | U = 50.50, p = 0.310 |
| Gender male n (%): female n (%) | 7 (70%): 3 (30%) | 3 (20%): 12 (80%) | 10 (40%): 15 (60%) | X2(1) = 1.00, p = 0.317 |
| MMSE mean ± SD | 18.44 (6.84) | 28.71 (1.44) | 24.70 (6.67) | U = 5.00, p ≤ 0.001** |
| VF mean ± SD | 9.22 (8.27) | 20.93 (5.37) | 16.35 (8.72) | U = 16.00, p = 0.003** |
| HVLT mean ± SD | 7.6 (6.62) | 24.14 (6.59) | 17.25 (10.54) | U = 7.00, p ≤ 0.001** |
| Series mean ± SD | 14.25 (10.73) | 30.64 (8.81) | 23.74 (12.53) | U = 10.00, p = 0.005** |
| Odd One Out mean ± SD | 24.25 (9.69) | 34.91 (8.26) | 30.42 (10.18) | U = 13.50, p = 0.012** |
| Jigsaw mean ± SD | 3.67 (2.34) | 9.11 (4.78) | 6.93 (4.76) | U = 6.50, p = 0.015* |
| Total CCIID mean ± SD | 41.25 (22.15) | 73.00 (19.38) | 59.63 (25.67) | U = 8.50, p = 0.003** |
| Physical self-efficacy mean ± SD | 32.00 (5.35) | 34.62 (8.01) | 33.48 (6.96) | U = 47.5, p = 0.276 |
| GDS mean ± SD | 5.00 (3.64) | 3.08 (2.75) | 3.90 (3.22) | U = 35.5, p = 0.185 |
| Carer Strain mean ± SD | - | 14.44 (4.77) | - | - |
| IADL mean ± SD | 16.25 (3.45) | 26.00 (0.00) | 21.41 (5.51) | U = 0.00, p ≤ 0.01** |
*Indicates a significant result (p ≤ 0.05); **Indicates a significant result (p ≤ 0.01**).