Table 2. Pre- and Post-test performance on ATTENTION WORKOUT™.
| Pre- and post-test performance | Mann-Whitney Results | ||||
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| Task | Extended practice (n=17) | Abbreviated practice (n=13) | U | z | p-value |
| Coordinating Attention | |||||
| Radio tuning, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 0.43 (0.32, 0.64) | 0.38 (0.28, 0.41) | 72 | -1.62 | .11 |
| Post-test | 0.49 (0.42, 0.84) | 0.38 (0.29, 0.45) | 30 | -2.73 | .01 |
| Circuit-breaker resetting, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 0.84 (0.78, 0.92) | 0.82 (0.68, 0.91) | 93 | -0.73 | .46 |
| Post-test | 0.92 (0.84, 0.97) | 0.82 (0.69, 0.84) | 46 | -2.24 | .03 |
| Radio-Switch combination, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 0.63 (0.56, 0.68) | 0.59 (0.52, 0.66) | 89 | -0.90 | .37 |
| Post-test | 0.71 (0.65, 0.89) | 0.56 (0.56, 0.65) | 15 | -3.51 | <.0001 |
| Allocating Attention | |||||
| UFOV—No distractors, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 102 | -1.14 | .74 |
| Post-test | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 76.5 | -1.79 | .43 |
| UFOV— Distractors, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 1.00 (0.90, 1.00) | 0.90 (0.90, 1.00) | 76 | -1.65 | .16 |
| Post-test | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.90, 1.00) | 52.5 | -2.48 | .21 |
| Focusing Attention | |||||
| Matching level 1, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 104 | -0.87 | .38 |
| Post-test | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.88, 1.00) | 61.5 | -1.48 | .14 |
| Matching level 2, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 1.00 (0.88, 1.00) | 0.88 (0.88, 1.00) | 100 | -0.49 | .62 |
| Post-test | 0.88 (0.88, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.88, 1.00) | 66.5 | -0.95 | .34 |
| Matching level 3, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 0.88 (0.75, 1.00) | 0.88 (0.75, 0.88) | 87.5 | -1.01 | .31 |
| Post-test | 0.88 (0.88, 1.00) | 0.88 (0.88, 1.00) | 58.5 | -1.14 | .15 |
| Matching level 4, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.75, 1.00) | 87 | -1.18 | .24 |
| Post-test | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 1.00 (0.88, 1.00) | 49.5 | -2.33 | .02 |
| RD – related words, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 0.75 (0.50, 1.00) | 0.50 (0.50, 0.75) | 67 | -1.92 | .06 |
| Post-test | 0.75 (0.75, 1.00) | 0.50 (0.50, 1.00) | 52.5 | -1.65 | .10 |
| RD – unrelated words, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 0.75 (0.75, 1.00) | 0.75 (0.75, 1.00) | 105 | -0.26 | .79 |
| Post-test | 1.00 (0.75, 1.00) | 0.75 (0.50, 1.00) | 39.5 | -2.34 | .02 |
| RD – Xs, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 0.75 (0.75, 0.75) | 0.75 (0.75, 0.75) | 108.5 | -0.11 | .91 |
| Post-test | 1.00 (0.75, 1.00) | 0.75 (0.75, 1.00) | 63 | 1.10 | .27 |
| RD – blank, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 0.75 (0.75, 1.00) | 0.75 (0.75, 1.00) | 95 | -0.69 | .49 |
| Post-test | 1.00 (0.75, 1.00) | 0.50 (0.25, 0.75) | 26.5 | -3.05 | .002 |
| Generalization Task | |||||
| Word recall—time, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test (sec) | 70.92 (63.70, 80.55) | 78.56 (61.20, 93.26) | 101 | -0.40 | .69 |
| Post-test (sec) | 86.82 (56.49, 112.88) | 69.59 (61.31, 128.20) | 81 | -0.08 | .94 |
| Word recall— number correct, Median (IQR) | |||||
| Pre-test | 5 (7, 9) | 4 (3, 7) | 47 | -2.69 | .01 |
| Post-test | 8 (7, 11) | 5 (4, 7) | 20 | -3.27 | .001 |
Abbreviations: IQR = Interquartile range; RD = Reading Distraction; UFOV = Useful Field of View