Table 3 ACE and MMSE scores (presented as Medians and IQR) pre and post intervention with within-groups (W) comparisons and pre to post-intervention difference with between-groups (MW) comparisons
Experimental (n = 9) | Control (n = 9) | |||||||||
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Pre | Post | W | p | Pre | Post | W | p | MW | p | |
ACE-Total | 72 (61–75.5) | 81 (68–86.5) | 44.000 | .011 | 66 (54.5–81) | 69 (58–78) | 24.000 | .398 | 13.500 | .014 |
MMSE | 23 (20.5–26) | 29 (25–29) | 34.000 | .025 | 23 (20.5–26) | 26 (21–26.5) | 28.500 | .136 | 18.000 | .050 |
ACE-Attention | 15 (14–16.5) | 18 (16.5–18) | 28.000 | .018 | 14 (12–16.5) | 16 (12.5–17) | 13.500 | .518 | 17.500 | .040 |
ACE-Memory | 15 (13–18) | 18 (15–21.5) | 28.000 | .017 | 18 (11–19.5) | 18 (12.5–21) | 11.000 | .336 | 23.000 | .136 |
ACE-Fluency | 5 (2.5–6) | 6 (4–7.5) | 27.000 | .196 | 6 (4–8) | 5 (2.5–5.5) | 2.500 | .027 | 13.000 | .014 |
ACE-Language | 22 (21.5–23) | 24 (21–26) | 33.500 | .191 | 19 (16–22) | 21 (17–24.5) | 22.000 | .168 | 32.500 | .489 |
ACE-Visuo-spatial | 12 (7.5–14.5) | 14 (13–15) | 28.000 | .017 | 12 (7.5–13.5) | 14 (7–15.5) | 16.000 | .246 | 26.500 | .222 |