Table 1: Descriptive characteristics of participants at baseline.
Hand massage group | Conversational group | ||||
M | DS | M | DS | p | |
Age | 78.54 | 1.91 | 77.45 | 2.38 | 0.25 |
Education | 4.82 | 0.4 | 4.78 | 0.38 | 0.98 |
MMSE | 23.15 | 0.89 | 23.09 | 0.94 | 0.963 |
Note: MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination.