Table 3.
Postoperative Survey
| Control Group | CT Group | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reported agreement with the following statements:a | |||
| The program was easy to use | … | 87 (75, 97) | … |
| I enjoyed playing the games | … | 85 (79, 91) | … |
| I think my memory improved because of my participation in this study | 51 (49, 54) | 75 (54, 82) | 0.01 |
| I think my thinking ability improved because of my participation in this study | 50 (41, 68) | 78 (64, 83) | 0.01 |
| Overall satisfaction | 74 (67, 87) | 90 (78, 94) | 0.06 |
| I would be interested in a brain training program if I was going to have another major surgery | 70 (50, 86) | … | … |
| Preparation and recovery from cardiac surgery should include some form of brain training program (yes/no) | 17 (89) | … | … |
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (quartile 1, quartile 3), or n (%) depending on type and distribution. Differences between groups were analyzed with Mann-Whitney U tests.
Abbreviation: CT, cognitive training.
a
0: strongly disagree, 50: neutral, 100: strongly agree.