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Table 1 Clinical and cognitive variables of the study participants by group

From: Targeted cognitive game training enhances cognitive performance in multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon beta 1-a

Mean ± SD

Median

All

N = 100

Training

N = 51

Non-training

N = 49

p

Age, years

43.8 ± 7.29

45.7

41.8 ± 7.9

42.6

46.0 ± 6.0

47.1

 < 0.001

gender, F:M

74:26

36:15

38:11

 

Education, years

14.2 ± 2.31

14

14.5 ± 2.31

14

14.0 ± 2.30

14

0.136

Disease Duration, years

14.2 ± 7.93

13.6

12.7 ± 7.92

11.4

15.7 ± 7.71

16.0

 < 0.001

EDSS

2.6 ± 1.70

2.0

2.7 ± 1.69

2.0

2.65 ± 7.93

2.0

0.346

Interferon-beta-1A Tx duration, years

6.7 ± 4.48

5.5

5.3 ± 3.58

4.2

8.2 ± 4.87

7.6

 < 0.001

Executive function

91.8 ± 12.74

93.5

91.4 ± 12.59

93.0

92.2 ± 13.02

95.0

0.367

Information processing speed

84.7 ± 14.07

85.0

86.0 ± 13.0

88.0

83.3 ± 15.14

82.0

0.174