Table 2.
The results of the Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) examination and the Trail-Making Test (TMT)
| ST group | DT group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Full marks) | Baseline | Post | Baseline | Post | |
| 3MS total scores | (100) | 90.6 ± 2.2 | 93.0 ± 2.5* | 89.3 ± 1.7 | 97.8 ± 0.5* |
| Registration & recall | (21) | 20.0 ± 0.5 | 20.7 ± 0.2 | 18.8 ± 0.8 | 20.6 ± 0.3* |
| Long-term memory | (5) | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 4.8 ± 0.2 | 4.9 ± 0.1 | 5.0 ± 0.0 |
| Temporal & spatial orientation | (20) | 18.8 ± 0.9 | 18.5 ± 1.1 | 18.4 ± 0.8 | 19.8 ± 0.3 |
| Attention | (7) | 5.7 ± 0.4 | 5.5 ± 0.5 | 5.1 ± 0.5 | 7.0 ± 0.0*,** |
| Verbal fluency & understanding | (21) | 20.5 ± 0.1 | 20.4 ± 0.2 | 20.3 ± 0.3 | 21.0 ± 0.0*,** |
| Word retrieval | (10) | 8.3 ± 0.6 | 9.5 ± 0.3* | 9.6 ± 0.2 | 9.8 ± 0.1 |
| Visuospatial skills | (10) | 9.9 ± 0.1 | 9.7 ± 0.3 | 9.7 ± 0.1 | 10.0 ± 0.0* |
| Similarities | (6) | 2.5 ± 0.5 | 3.5 ± 0.4* | 2.6 ± 0.4 | 4.7 ± 0.3*,** |
| TMT (seconds) | --- | 69.6 ± 10.9 | 78.0 ± 15.4 | 70.2 ± 4.8 | 71.0 ± 3.7 |
All values are presented as mean ± SE
*p < 0.05 within the group
**p < 0.05 between the groups