Table 3.
<a>Cognitive tests | Pharmacist intervention group (n=13)
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Usual care group (n=17)
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P-valuec | ||||
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Baseline (mean±SD) | Week 12 (mean±SD) | P-valuea | Baseline (mean±SD) | Week 12 (mean±SD) | P-valueb | ||
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WCST | |||||||
• Number of categories complete | 1.46±1.45 | 2.15±1.86 | 0.124 | 1.12±1.41 | 1.71±1.61 | 0.024d | 0.742 |
• Perseverative errors | 21.23±11.81 | 9.61±6.47 | 0.003d | 13.65±10.5 | 11±7.51 | 0.187 | 0.017d |
WMS (word lists subtest) | |||||||
• Trial 1 | 3.69±1.75 | 5.69±2.06 | 0.005d | 3.59±2.03 | 4.82±2.35 | 0.015d | 0.281 |
• Total words recalled | 22.85±7.54 | 31±5.64 | 0.002d | 20.29±7.56 | 24.12±8.51 | 0.016d | 0.059 |
• Short delay free recall trial | 5±2.2 | 6.31±3.01 | 0.048d | 4.59±2.27 | 6.24±2.33 | 0.009d | 0.773 |
Stroop Color and Word Test (>25) | 30.77±11.11 | 33.38±12.43 | 0.272 | 28.94±8.74 | 28.12±9.62 | 0.521 | 0.341 |
TMT A (31–39) | 50.54±25.51 | 41.92±22.81 | 0.196 | 62.12±40.96 | 54±33.61 | 0.142 | 0.650 |
TMT B (75–92) | 165.38±90.41 | 126.31±83.25 | 0.015d | 152.53±77.48 | 158.41±100.91 | 0.918 | 0.079 |
Notes:
P-value of cognitive tests between baseline and end point within the pharmacist intervention group.
P-value of cognitive tests between baseline and end point within the usual care group.
P-value of cognitive tests between the pharmacist intervention group and the usual care group at baseline and end point.
P-value <0.05.
Abbreviations: TMT, Trial Making Test; WCST, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; WMS, Wechsler Memory Scale.