Table 3.
Pre-post assessment.
| VR group-AD | Control group-AD | zb | pc | rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verbal fluency test | −1.60 (4.00) | 0.20 (4.21) | −0.836 | 0.403 | 0.187 |
| Verbal categorical test | 0.70 (4.71) | 0.50 (4.21) | −0.038 | 0.970 | 0.008 |
| FABa | 0.84 (4.26) | −0.66 (1.94) | −0.725 | 0.468 | 0.162 |
| Attentional matrices test | 4.71 (9.52) | 0.70 (2.89) | −1.067 | 0.286 | 0.239 |
| Digit span test | 0.01 (0.82) | −0.33 (0.90) | −0.728 | 0.466 | 0.162 |
| Corsi block test—span | 0.17 (1.20) | 0.14 (1.21) | −0.084 | 0.933 | 0.019 |
| Corsi block test—supraspan | 1.56 (2.53) | −0.01 (1.43) | −2.120 | 0.035 | 0.474 |
Delta scores obtained from the pre-post neuropsychological assessment for patients with AD assigned to the VR-based training (“VR Group-AD”) and for patients with AD assigned to the “Control Group-AD” (“Control Group-AD”). Data are shown as means and standard deviations (SD).
a
MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination.
b
Mann-Whitney U testing.
c
p-value.
d
effect size (|r| > 0.40 can be considered as a medium effect size, Cohen, 1988).