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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2002 Nov 13;288(18):2271–2281. doi: 10.1001/jama.288.18.2271

Table 3.

Training Effects on Proximal and Primary Outcomes*

Memory Training Reasoning Training Speed Training Control




Measure Net Effect
Size
(P Value)
Showing Reliable
Improvement, %§
Net Effect
Size
(P Value)
Showing Reliable
Improvement, %§
Net Effect
Size
(P Value)
Showing Reliable
Improvement, %§
Showing Reliable
Improvement, %§
Proximal Outcome Composites
Memory
 Posttest 0.257 (<.001) 26 −0.009 17 −0.012 13 15

 A1 0.212 (<.001) 22 −0.011 11 −0.021 12 14

 A2 0.174 (<.001) 40 −0.03 27 −0.052 28 29

Reasoning
 Posttest −0.018 34 0.480 (<.001) 74 −0.026 35 39

 A1 0.021 34 0.402 (<.001) 63 −0.003 29 31

 A2 0.045 36 0.257 (<.001) 53 −0.019 30 35

Speed
 Posttest −0.045 34 0.003 33 −1.463(<.001) 87 31

 A1 −0.054 35 −0.033 34 −1.212 (<.001) 81 32

 A2 −0.034 36 −0.043 35 −0.867 (<.001) 73 37

Primary Outcome Composites
Everyday problem soMng
 A1 −0.045 19 0.03 23 0.008 20 21

 A2 −0.073 21 −0.027 25 0.031 26 23

ADL and IADL functioning
 A1 0.02 17 −0.125 18 −0.05 14 16

 A2 0.017 17 −0.056 16 −0.07 17 17

Everyday speed
 Posttest −0.091 (.02) 31 0.004 22 −0.016 26 27

 A1 −0.041 31 0.05 28 0.001 31 30

 A2 −0.007 33 0.03 29 −0.009 30 29

Driving habits
 A1 0.017 19 −0.052 19 0.068 16 19

 A2 0.085 16 0.079 16 0.077 16 18
*

Only significant P values reported. A1 indicates first annual evaluation; A2, second annual evaluation; ADL, activities of daily living; and IADL, instrumental activities of daily living.

Net effect of the control is 0 at all time points, since net effect of group is defined as (group mean-control mean at time point)-(group mean-control mean at baseline).

Net difference divided by intrasubject SD (see “Methods” section).

§

Calculated as the percentage of participants in each group who were ≥1 SEM above baseline.

Favorable response is in the negative direction.

For self-reported drivers only.