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. 2018 Oct 26;7:161–171. doi: 10.2147/IPRP.S176653

Table 3.

Cognitive outcomes in pharmacist intervention and usual care groups at baseline and week 12

<a>Cognitive tests Pharmacist intervention group (n=13)
Usual care group (n=17)
P-valuec
Baseline (mean±SD) Week 12 (mean±SD) P-valuea Baseline (mean±SD) Week 12 (mean±SD) P-valueb

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:

a

P-value of cognitive tests between baseline and end point within the pharmacist intervention group.

b

P-value of cognitive tests between baseline and end point within the usual care group.

c

P-value of cognitive tests between the pharmacist intervention group and the usual care group at baseline and end point.

d

P-value <0.05.

Abbreviations: TMT, Trial Making Test; WCST, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; WMS, Wechsler Memory Scale.