Table 2.
Neuropsychological characteristics for the training group.
| Measure | Training (n = 39) | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | |
| Verbal memory | ||
| Immediate free recall† | 28.97 (5.94)a | 31.13 (6.7) |
| Delayed free recall | 5.21 (2.32) | 5.36 (2.8) |
| Visuospatial Memory | ||
| SRFT copy | 14.58 (1.89) | 14.87 (1.5) |
| SRFT delayed recall | 10.59 (3.63) | 11.5 (3.63) |
| Attention | ||
| DST forward | 6.15 (1.16) | 6.26 (1.09) |
| DST backward | 4.28 (1.02) | 4.49 (1.19) |
| VST forward | 5.67 (0.96) | 5.44 (0.91) |
| VST backward | 5.36 (1.14) | 5.44 (1.23) |
| Fluency | ||
| Categorical fluency | 28.67 (5.29) | 30.18 (5.87) |
| Language | ||
| Boston Naming Test | 12.21 (2.39) | 12.62 (1.98) |
aM (SD), †Summation of total numbers (out of 45) of 5 times immediate recall of the word list; ††p value from training group vs. control group-by-time interaction, SRFT: Simple Rey Figure Test, DST: Digit Span Test, VST: Visual Span Test.