Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Performance on Standardized Neuropsychological Tests

	Baseline	Follow-Up	t score
Age (years)	59.38 (11.73)	67.01 (11.29)	−24.65***
Sex (M:F)	20:26	20:26	0
Years Education	16.53 (2.36)	16.53 (2.36)	0
MMSE	28.72 (1.41)	29.03 (1.07)	0.88
CESD	6.82 (8.17)	5.46 (5.95)	1.24
CVLT (total correct)	56.88 (10.77)	52.78 (9.80)	3.12**
Card Rotations (correct-incorrect)	98.89 (33.95)	94.04 (36.67)	1.13
Digit Span Fwd (total correct)	8.53 (2.26)	8.53 (2.18)	0
Digit Span Bkwd (total correct)	7.65 (1.95)	7.38 (1.89)	.98
BVRT (total errors)	4.33 (2.93)	6.24 (3.39)	−3.87**
Category Fluency (mean correct)	16.81 (2.83)	16.65 (3.45)	.19
Letter Fluency (mean correct)	16.42 (4.64)	15.90 (4.74)	.65
Trails A (time in seconds)	30.53 (8.34)	34.58 (12.32)	−1.75
Trails B (time in seconds)	70.00 (26.37)	75.48 (28.66)	−.91

Note. MMSE: Mini-Mental Status Examination; CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; CVLT: California Verbal Learning Test, Immediate Recall Trials 1–5; BVRT: Benton Visual Retention Test

^**p < .001;

^***p < .0001