Table 5.
Acute intervention effects on cognitive measures.
| Outcome | Means and SDs (in brackets) | Repeated measures ANOVA (group by time interaction) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Score range) | Pre-Ax | Mid-Ax | Post-Ax | ||||||||
| Exp | Com | Exp | Com | Exp | Com | F | df | P-value | η p 2 | Power | |
| LOTCA-G | |||||||||||
| (Exp: n = 61; Com: n = 55) | |||||||||||
| Orientation (0–16) | 14.13 | 13.87 | 14.31 | 13.91 | 14.11 | 13.38 | 0.94 | 1.9,216.10 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.21 |
| (1.98) | (2.10) | (2.15) | (1.86) | (1.73) | (2.19) | ||||||
| Perception (0–28) | 25.87 | 25.76 | 25.67 | 25.49 | 26.20 | 25.91 | 0.13 | 2,228 | 0.88 | 0.00 | 0.07 |
| (2.00) | (2.34) | (2.07) | (2.40) | (2.00) | (2.44) | ||||||
| Praxis (0–12) | 9.57 | 9.75 | 9.23 | 9.35 | 9.54 | 9.64 | 0.04 | 2,228 | 0.96 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| (1.28) | (1.06) | (1.04) | (1.27) | (1.15) | (1.32) | ||||||
| Visuomotor organization (0–24) | 16.75 | 17.45 | 16.59 | 16.87 | 16.90 | 16.78 | 1.58 | 2,228 | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0.33 |
| (3.58) | (4.03) | (3.34) | (3.62) | (3.65) | (4.35) | ||||||
| Thinking operations (0–8) | 4.41 | 4.56 | 4.49 | 4.22 | 4.79 | 4.22 | 4.05 | 2,228 | 0.02* | 0.03 | 0.72 |
| (1.80) | (1.69) | (1.84) | (1.64) | (1.83) | (1.70) | ||||||
| Memory (12) | 10.54 | 10.15 | 10.52 | 10.55 | 10.89 | 10.84 | 0.96 | 2,228 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.22 |
| (1.48) | (1.88) | (1.97) | (2.18) | (1.83) | (1.57) | ||||||
| Attention (4) | 3.84 | 3.76 | 3.77 | 3.87 | 3.74 | 3.73 | 1.26 | 2,228 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.27 |
| (0.45) | (0.47) | (0.59) | (0.43) | (0.48) | (0.49) | ||||||
Notes: Com: comparison group; Exp: experimental group; *P < 0.05.
LOTCA-G: Lowenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment-Geriatric.