Effects of intergenerational Montessori-based activities programming on engagement of nursing home residents with dementia

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Table 1 Mean (SD) duration of observed engagement in seconds as a function of type of programming and time of observation

		Type of Programming
Type of Engagement	Time of Observation	Intergenerational Montessori-Based Activities Programming	Regular Unit Activities Programming
CE	Before	0.00 (.00)	0.03 (0.12)
	During*	265.34 (23.13)	55.02 (42.64)
	After	0.49 (1.81)	0.20 (0.75)
PE	Before	59.29 (37.64)	67.18 (33.24)
	During*	31.45 (19.55)	96.97 (41.27)
	After	75.44 (40.76)	74.43 (39.53)
AE	Before	70.90 (63.35)	66.26 (61.55)
	During*	0.61 (0.90)	42.91 (24.35)
	After	90.98 (54.69)	78.52 (57.58)
SE	Before	36.52 (31.33)	40.32 (37.44)
	During*	1.42 (1.70)	46.46 (35.59)
	After	33.71 (33.13)	51.96 (32.58)
NE	Before	76.90 (56.95)	62.08 (39.55)
	During*	1.18 (4.41)	48.83 (32.32)
	After	33.01 (32.27)	41.25 (25.31)

Note: * indicates that Intergenerational Montessori-based activities programming significantly differs from regular unit activities programming, p ≤ 0.001.