Training cognition in older male prisoners: lessons learned from a feasibility study

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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and descriptive statistics of cognitive performances and depression pre- and post-assessment (n = 18)

	Mean	SD	Min	Max
*Sociodemographic characteristics*
Age	66.17	5.64	55	76
Education (in years)	6.44	5.7	0	17
Incarceration duration (in years)	6.93	12.07	0.83	52
	Pre				Post
	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Mean	SD	Min	Max
*Cognition*
MMSE^a (max. 30p.)	28.11	1.71	23	30	28.44	1.38	25	30
DemTect^a (max. 18p.)	13.5	2.6	9	17	14.44	3.57	8	23
FAB^a (max. 18p.)	14.72	1.57	11	17	14.89	2.52	11	18
TMT A^b (max. 180 s.)	49.17	18.34	24	102	46.39	15.11	22	67
TMT B ^b (max. 300 s.)	118	42.88	70	208	123	54.6	60	258
BJLO^a (0–20) LPS 4^a (0–40) LPS 7^a (0–40)	13.63 18.17 11.56	4.31 5.28 4.82	6 7 2	29 27 22	14.42 19.26 11.89	3.42 5.14 6.35	8 9 2	19 27 28
*Depression*
PHQ-9^b (max. 27p.)	4.44	3.38	0	13	4.11	4	0	16

Note. MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination (0–30); FAB = Frontal-Assessment-Battery (0–18); TMT A = Trail-Making-Test A (max. 180 s); TMT B = Trail-Making-Test B (max. 300 s); BJLO = Benton’s Judgement of Line Orientation (0–20); LPS 4 = Leistungsprüfsystem Subtest 4 (0–40); LPS 7 = Leistungsprüfsystem Subtest 7 (0–40); PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (0–27)
^a Higher values indicate better performance/ symptom severity; ^b Higher values indicate worse performance/symptom severity
References for the neuropsychological instruments can be obtained from the authors on request

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