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. 2017 Apr 7;7(1):122–135. doi: 10.1159/000468147

Table 2.

HCS subtype means and standard deviations

Sonas group (n = 48) Reading group (n = 32) Control group (n = 40) Sonas vs. reading, p value Sonas vs. control, p value
Response
 Baseline 1.8 (1.4) 1.5 (1.3) 1.7 (1.4) 0.678 0.032
 12 weeks 1.7 (1.3) 1.4 (1.2) 1.8 (1.4)
 24 weeks 1.7 (1.3) 1.4 (1.3) 1.8 (1.5)
Interest in past events
 Baseline 2.4 (1.1) 1.8 (1.2) 2.1 (1.1) 0.026 0.010
 12 weeks 2.3 (1.2) 1.8 (1.1) 2.0 (1.1)
 24 weeks 2.2 (1.2) 1.9 (1.2) 3.0 (1.1)
Pleasure
 Baseline 1.5 (0.9) 1.2 (1.0) 1.5 (1.0) 0.035 0.232
 12 weeks 1.5 (1.0) 1.2 (1.1) 1.5 (0.9)
 24 weeks 1.3 (0.8) 1.2 (0.9) 1.2 (0.9)
Humour
 Baseline 2.0 (1.2) 1.4 (1.1) 1.8 (1.3) 0.018 0.013
 12 weeks 2.0 (1.2) 1.3 (1.1) 1.8 (1.2)
 24 weeks 1.9 (1.2) 1.6 (1.2) 1.8 (1.2)
Remembering names
 Baseline 2.4 (1.3) 1.8 (1.1) 1.9 (1.2) 0.486 0.413
 12 weeks 2.4 (1.1) 2.0 (1.4) 1.9 (1.0)
 24 weeks 2.3 (1.1) 1.8 (1.2) 1.9 (1.0)
General orientation
 Baseline 3.0 (1.2) 2.3 (1.3) 2.9 (1.1) 0.047 0.131
 12 weeks 2.1 (1.0) 2.6 (1.7) 3.0 (1.0)
 24 weeks 3.1 (1.0) 2.7 (1.2) 3.0 (1.0)
General knowledge
 Baseline 2.8 (1.0) 2.2 (1.0) 2.6 (1.1) 0.019 0.022
 12 weeks 2.8 (0.9) 2.2 (1.0) 2.6 (1.1)
 24 weeks 2.6 (1.0) 2.3 (1.1) 2.6 (1.0)
Ability to join in games
 Baseline 2.1 (1.3) 2.0 (1.6) 2.2 (1.3) 0.893 0.015
 12 weeks 2.0 (1.2) 1.8 (1.2) 1.5 (1.4)
 24 weeks 2.0 (1.3) 1.6 (1.2) 2.3 (1.3)
Speech
 Baseline 1.7 (1.5) 1.1 (1.6) 1.1 (1.4) 0.319 0.063
 12 weeks 1.6 (1.4) 0.9 (1.4) 1.2 (1.5)
 24 weeks 1.6 (1.3) 0.9 (1.4) 1.0 (1.4)
Attempts at communication
 Baseline 1.5 (1.5) 0.8 (1.3) 1.2 (1.4) 0.024 0.086
 12 weeks 1.4 (1.5) 0.8 (1.3) 1.0 (1.3)
 24 weeks 1.4 (1.4) 0.9 (1.4) 1.0 (1.4)
Interest and response to objects
 Baseline 1.7 (1.3) 1.1 (1.2) 1.7 (1.1) 0.075 0.079
 12 weeks 1.5 (1.2) 1.1 (1.1) 1.7 (1.2)
 24 weeks 1.7 (1.4) 1.1 (1.2) 1.4 (1.1)
Success in communication
 Baseline 1.7 (1.4) 1.0 (1.1) 1.1 (1.4) 0.641 0.252
 12 weeks 1.8 (1.5) 0.8 (1.3) 0.9 (1.3)
 24 weeks 1.6 (1.5) 0.8 (1.3) 0.8 (1.2)

Figures are means with standard deviations in parentheses. Figures in bold indicate a significant effect.

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