Table 5 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participant dyads who completed the study

n=9

n=9

n=9

n=9

Age (years)

72.1

64.6

71.3

71.6

Age (range)

57-85

34-80

63-85

69-85

Gender (m:f)

4:5

4:5

4:5

4:5

nfv PPA (n)

4

-

2

-

lvPPA (n)

3

-

5

-

svPPA (n)

0

-

1

-

Mixed PPA (n)

2

-

1

-

Time since symptom onset (mean and range in months)

37.3 (27-67)

46.9 (20-84)

Time since diagnosis (mean and range in months)

18.1 (5-36)

20.4 (8-72)

Education

Secondary: 5

Tertiary: 4

Secondary: 2

Tertiary: 2

Not known: 5

Secondary: 6

Tertiary: 2

Not known: 1

Secondary: 3

Tertiary: 2

Not known: 4

Occupational status (Recorded prior or current occupation)

Retired: 8

Working: 1

(1=manual, 8=intermediate/high managerial)

Retired: 2

Working: 3

(2=manual, 3=intermediate/high managerial)

Not known: 4

Retired: 9

(2=manual, 5=intermediate/high managerial)

Retired: 3

Working: 2

(2=manual, 3=intermediate/high managerial)

Not known: 4

Comprehensive Aphasia Test [51] mean sand range cores on

 Comprehension of spoken language (max score 66)

53 (19-64)

46.6 (21-62)

 Repetition score (max 74)

47.4 (5-71)

49 (25-71)

 Naming objects (max score 48)

35.3 (0-48)

23 (0-48)

 Picture description

26.2 (3-50)

23.1 (1-50)