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Table 1

Contents of Robot Pet-assisted Program

Table 2

Homogeneity Test for General Characteristics

^*Fisher's exact test.

Table 3

Homogeneity Test for Dependent Variable between Experimental and Control group

MMSE-K=Korean version of Mini-Mental State Examination; ADL=Activities of Daily Living.

Table 4

Cognitive Function, ADL, Mood, Social Behaviors and Problematic Behaviors for Experimental Group and Control Group

^*F value of ANCOVA with pretest problematic behaviors as covariate.

MMSE-K=Korean version of Mini-Mental State Examination; ADL=Activities of Daily Living.

Figure & Data

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