Table 2.
Delayed Word Recall | Pre=0.77 (0.43) | Post = 1.6 (0.37) | p=0.10 |
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TX Group mean PRE-test (0.5 score) was lower than Controls pre-test mean score (1.333), but at POST testing the TX Group Mean rose to 1.83 and Ctrl Grp mean post-test score remained at 1.333. | |||
Trail Making A | Pre=3.55 (1.73) | Post 1.33 (0.87) | p=0.044 |
Omission Errors - More active and successful engagement with the task. | |||
Ideational Praxis | Pre= 3.55 (0.38) | Post= 4.33 (0.33) | p=0.03 |
Multi step instructions to address and seal envelope. | |||
Boston Naming | Pre=11.75 (2.91) | Post 13.00 (2.43) | p=0.035 |
Recall names of familiar objects when shown them on cards. | |||
Worsened | |||
Auditory Verbal Learning | Pretest 2.44 (0.53) | Post 1.66 (0.58) | p=0.08 |
Auditory Verbal Learning Test Trial 1 | |||
(first exposure to auditory word list- immediate verbal memory) | |||
Pre-Test mean TX = 3.00 (0.67) and CTRL | Pre-Test mean = 1.33 (1.53) | ||
Post-Test mean TX= 2.167 (0.60) and CTRL Post-Test mean = .667 (0.67) | |||
Trail Making-A | Pretest 2.00 (1.64) | Post Test 2.88 (1.81) p=.034 | |
Commission Errors = More attempts = > effort = > potential errors. | |||
Cortical Perfusion | |||
ARVI* (Treatment): 1.77% | |||
BSMN (Treatment): 6.86% | |||
EGKY (Treatment): 4.93% | |||
MCLN (Treatment) : 2.72% | |||
EHUL (Control): −0.19% | |||
HJLK (Control): 0.86% | |||
LDMC (Control): 3.32%** |
Study subject identifier codes
This placebo group subject came to study having had not left her small town urban row home where she lived with her husband and over the previous 18months had not been outside except for doctor appointments. Her response was clearly tied to the intensive positive interpersonal stimulation of the treatment context.