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. 2024 Feb 15;16:1335951. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1335951

Table 2.

Cognitive tests at baseline and after 4 weeks of intervention.

Group T0 M (SD) T1 M (SD) T0-T1 M (SD) P (95% CI) Time effect (Effect size) Time × Treatment (Effect size)
Attention
TMT (A) HIPP −0.35 (1.52) −0.28 (1.25) −0.07 (0.99) 0.79 (−0.62; 0.48) p = 0.790 (0.003) p = 0.893 (0.001)
CogniPlus −0.41 (0.74) −0.39 (0.97) −0.02 (0.73) 0.91 (−0.46; 0.42)
Stroop Test HIPP −0.63 (1.88) −1.02 (1.44) 0.39 (1.33) 0.28 (−0.35; 1.13) p = 0.372 (0.031) p = 0.340 (0.035)
CogniPlus −0.58 (1.44) −0.57 (0.90) −0.01 (0.71) 0.95 (−0.44; 0.42)
Executive function
Stroop Test HIPP 0.63 (1.08) 0.57 (0.84) 0.05 (1.22) 0.86 (−0.62; 0.73) p = 0.815 (0.002) p = 0.980 (0.000)
CogniPlus 0.35 (1.03) 0.31 (0.90) 0.04 (0.97) 0.87 (−0.54; 0.63)
TMT (B/A) HIPP −1.43 (3.17) −1.9 (3.76) 0.47 (3.51) 0.61 (−1.47; 2.41) p = 0.691 (0.006) p = 0.612 (0.010)
CogniPlus −0.43 (1.24) −0.37 (1.01) −0.06 (1.17) 0.86 (−0.77; 0.65)
mWCST HIPP −0.56 (1.56) −0.28 (0.76) −0.27 (1.62) 0.52 (−1.17; 0.62) p = 0.441 (0.023) p = 0.678 (0.007)
CogniPlus −0.55 (1.14) −0.46 (1.13) −0.08 (0.28) 0.31 (−0.2.5; 0.08)
Verbal fluency
Semantic verbal fluency HIPP −1.20 (1.13) −0.85 (1.01) −0.35 (1.06) 0.22 (−0.94; 0.24) p = 0.027 (0.174) p = 0.661 (0.007)
CogniPlus −0.81 (1.17) −0.3 (0.72) −0.51 (0.86) 0.053 (−1.03; 0.01)
Phonemic verbal fluency HIPP 0.05 (0.74) −0.17 (0.72) 0.22 (0.55) 0.13 (−0.08; 0.53) p = 0.781 (0.003) p = 0.155 (0.076)
CogniPlus −0.33 (1.02) 0.00 (1.18) −0.34 (1.34) 0.39 (−1.17; 0.49)
Five-Point test Correct answers HIPP −0.56 (1.03) −0.56 (0.97) 0.00 (1.03) 0.99 (−0.56; 0.58) p = 0.559 (0.011) p = 0.584 (0.012)
CogniPlus −0.68 (1.14) −0.48 (1.44) −0.19 (0.84) 0.42 (−0.70; 0.31)
Figural episodic and verbal memory
ROCF (Immediate recall) HIPP −0.15 (1.42) 0.36 (1.47) −0.51 (0.57) 0.00 (−0.83; −0.19) p = 0.003 (0.284) p = 0.240 (0.053)
CogniPlus −0.24 (0.85) −0.01 (1.35) −0.23 (0.66) 0.23 (−0.63; 0.17)
ROCF (Delayed recall) HIPP −0.16 (1.39) 0.59 (1.15) −0.76 (0.446) <0.00 (−1.09; −0.41) p = <0.001 (0.396) p = 0.045 (0.146)
CogniPlus −0.29 (0.85) −0.04 (1.35) −0.24 (0.066) 0.21 (−0.65; 0.16)
BVLT (Short delayed recall) HIPP −0.45 (1.81) 0.61 (0.98) −1.06 (1.56) 0.02 (−1.90; −0.22) p = 0.009 (0.244) p = 0.271 (0.048)
CogniPlus −0.90 (1.44) −0.43 (0.85) −0.46 (1.18) 0.20 (−1.21; 0.29)
BVLT (Long delayed recall) HIPP 0.01 (0.94) −57 (0.77) −0.56 (0.61) 0.00 (−0.91; −0.23) p = <0.001 (0.451) p = 0.450 (0.023)
CogniPlus −0.87 (0.80) −0.07 (1.00) −0.79 (0.94) 0.01 (−1.39; −0.20)
Working memory
Corsi blocks (correct forwards) HIPP 0.14 (1.36) 0.05 (1.3) 0.09 (1.50) 0.82 (−0.74; 0.92) p = 0.690 (0.006) p = 0.436 (0.023)
CogniPlus −0.45 (1.08) −0.15 (1.24) −0.50 (1.17) 0.15 (−1.21; 0.20)
Corsi blocks (correct backwards) HIPP −0.04 (1.9) 1.07 (1.25) −0.15 (1.09) 0.61 (−0.75; 0.46) p = 0.340 (0.035) p = 0.842 (0.002)
CogniPlus 0.05 (0.97) 0.27 (1.15) −0.22 (0.911) 0.39 (−0.77; 0.32)
DSST (correct forwards) HIPP 0.09 (1.15) 0.13 (1.06) −0.04 (1.21) 0.90 (−0.70; 0.62) p = 0.482 (0.019) p = 0.371 (0.031)
CogniPlus 0.27 (0.91) −0.04 (0.94) 0.31 (0.78) 0.17 (−0.15; 0.78)
DSST (correct backwards) HIPP 0.09 (1.15) 0.13 (1.06) 0.12 (0.78) 0.56 (−0.31; 55) p = 0.794 (0.003) p = 0.571 (0.012)
CogniPlus 0.17 (0.83) −0.12 (1.06) −0.04 (0.72) 0.83 (−0.48; 0.39)
Visuospatial functions
Mosaic Design Test HIPP 0.18 (1.46) 1.4 (2.62) −1.22 (2.19) 0.049 (−2.44; −0.01) p = 0.079 (0.114) p = 0.048 (0.142)
CogniPlus 0.13 (1.08) 0.05 (1.23) 0.08 (0.56) 0.63 (−0.26; 0.42)
ROCF (Copy) HIPP −0.87 (1.25) −0.15 (1.30) −0.72 (1.29) 0.050 (−1.44; −0.00) p = 0.113 (0.094) p = 0.157 (0.076)
CogniPlus −0.73 (1.31) −0.68 (1.46) −0.04 (1.14) 0.90 (−0.73; 0.64)

CI, confidence interval; Q = quartile; T0 = Baseline; T1 = 4-week follow-up; TMT = Trail Making Test; mWCST = modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; ROCF = Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure Test; BVLT = Basel Verbal Learning Test; DSST = Digit Symbol Substitution Test. The p-value was adjusted for multiple testing: Bonferroni; *p < 0.05.