Table 1.
Comparison of Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment and activities of daily living scores between the two groups (mean ± SD, points)
| Group |
MMSE score
|
MoCA score
|
ADL score
|
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|
Before treatment
|
After treatment
|
Before treatment
|
After treatment
|
Before treatment
|
After treatment
|
|
| Study group (n = 30) | 20.63 ± 2.94 | 26.80 ± 2.59a | 19.50 ± 2.84 | 26.77 ± 2.08a | 45.00 ± 4.78 | 63.70 ± 6.25a |
| Control group (n = 30) | 19.73 ± 3.10 | 24.97 ± 3.29a | 19.70 ± 1.60 | 24.70 ± 2.42a | 45.97 ± 4.62 | 57.40 ± 4.99a |
| P value | 0.253 | 0.020 | 0.738 | 0.001 | 0.429 | < 0.001 |
| t value | 1.154 | 2.400 | 0.336 | 3.545 | 0.797 | 4.314 |
a
P < 0.05, compared with the same group before treatment.
MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; ADL: Activities of daily living.