TABLE 6.
Within-groups and between-groups comparison of results on pre- and post-treatment secondary outcome measures.
| ACE-t participants |
ACE-nt participants |
Group comparison | |||||
| Domain | Median (25th–75th percentile) |
Wilcoxon | Median (25th–75th percentile) |
Wilcoxon | Mann–Whitney U | ||
| Test, subscales | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | p | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | p | p |
| Language | |||||||
| Token test | 25.75 (21.74–29.81) | 29.25 (26.5–31.76) | 0.002 | 29.50 (28.50–30.50) | 29.25 (26.50–30.50) | 0.383 | ** |
| Phonemic fluencies | 22.50 (14.47–28.62) | 23.50 (21–36.57) | 0.009 | 26.00 (22.00–29.00) | 24.5 (20–30) | 0.922 | - |
| Semantic fluencies | 12.00 (8.47–18.62) | 18.00 (12.42–23.52) | 0.006 | 23.50 (20.00–25.00) | 18 (16–23) | 0.301 | ** |
| Executive functions | |||||||
| Attentive matrices | 35.50 (28.47–49.57) | 39.50 (29.27–50.57) | 0.232 | 42.00 (34.00–50.00) | 37.5 (28–42) | 0.019 | * |
ACE-t, people treated with “Art, Colors, and Emotions” treatment; ACE-nt, people with the usual care program. Statistically significant p values (p < 0.05) are reported in italics.