Table 2. Comparison of the effect of SRT on CERAD-K of dementia patients.
VD group (n=22) | AD group (n=7) | |||
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Before | After | Before | After | |
Verbal fluency test | 5.82±2.74 | 7.18±3.13* | 3.29±1.60 | 4.29±2.56 |
Boston naming test | 7.41±3.20 | 8.14±3.11** | 3.71±2.14 | 3.57±2.30 |
MMSE-KC | 15.73±5.17 | 17.27±4.65** | 9.29±3.25 | 10.00±4.32 |
Word list memory | 8.82±3.84 | 10.77±4.46* | 2.57±3.55 | 2.86±3.80 |
Constructional praxis | 6.00±2.91 | 6.14±3.31 | 5.71±1.98 | 5.71±2.06 |
Word list recall | 2.45±1.74 | 3.36±1.87** | 0.86±1.57 | 0.86±1.57 |
Word list recognition | 4.36±3.03 | 5.68±3.47* | 1.86±1.95 | 1.29±2.21 |
Constructional recall | 2.41±2.52 | 3.64±2.36** | 0.43±1.13 | 0.43±1.13 |
SRT: spaced retrieval training; CERAD-K: Korean version of consortium to establish a registry of Alzheimer’s disease; VD: vascular dementia; AD: Alzheimer dementia; Values are expressed as mean ± SD. Significant difference from pre-test, * p<0.05, ** p<0.01