Table 4.
A comparison of change in RBANS domain and total scale index scores between Weeks 1 and 8 for the intervention and waitlist control arms
| Change in RBANS scores between Weeks 1 and 8 | Intervention (n=20) |
Waitlist (n=16) |
P-valuea | Median difference (95% CI)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBANS domain index scores | ||||
| Immediate memory | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 5.7 (14.3) | −2.3 (15.9) | ||
| Median (range) | 3.5 (−22 to 29) | 0.0 (−32 to 26) | 0.129 | 7.0 (−3.0, 20.0) |
| Visuospatial/constructional | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 4.8 (12.9) | −1.3 (10.4) | ||
| Median (range) | 5.0 (−17 to 44) | 0.0 (−27 to 17) | 0.082 | 6.0 (0.0, 11.0) |
| Language | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 0.3 (16.2) | −1.4 (16.1) | ||
| Median (range) | −1.0 (−24 to 36) | 0.0 (−39 to 25) | 1.000 | 0.0 (−10.0, 11.0) |
| Attention | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 4.1 (10.2) | −0.5 (7.2) | ||
| Median (range) | 3.0 (−9 to 34) | 0.0 (−10 to 21) | 0.127 | −4.0 (−10.0, 1.0) |
| Delayed memory | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 3.0 (9.9) | −6.4 (11.5) | ||
| Median (range) | 0.0 (−19 to 24) | −2.5 (−24 to 9) | 0.042 | 8.0 (0.0, 17.0) |
| RBANS total scale index score | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 5.5 (11.8) | −3.5 (8.8) | ||
| Median (range) | 0.5 (−10 to 29) | −1.0 (−20 to 13) | 0.042 | 8.0 (0.0, 16.0) |
Notes:
a
P-value from the Mann–Whitney U-test
b
Hodges–Lehmann estimation and its associated 95% CI.
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; RBANS, Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status; SD, standard deviation.