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 | ||||||
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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.