Table 1.
Results of the neuropsychological tasks.
| Baseline | Posttreatmenta | Normalb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General cognitive assessment | MoCA-J | 12 | 18 | ||
| MMSE-J | 21 | 26 | |||
| Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices | 22 | 23 | 29.3 ± 6.7 | ||
| Language assessment | WAB | Aphasia Quotient | 81.8 | 88 | 97.7 ± 3.0 |
| Content | 8 | 8 | 9.7 ± 0.6 | ||
| Fluency | 7 | 8 | 10.0 ± 0.0 | ||
| Auditory comprehension | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.8 ± 0.1 | ||
| Repetition | 10 | 10 | 9.9 ± 0.3 | ||
| Naming | 6.7 | 8.6 | 9.5 ± 0.6 | ||
| Reading | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.5 ± 0.8 | ||
| Writing | 10 | 10 | 9.6 ± 1.0 | ||
| TLPA | Naming (200 items) | 110 | 130 | 191.17 ± 6.59 | |
| Comprehension (200 items) | 167 | 192 | 199.20 ± 0.83 | ||
| Two-way anomia | 23 | 5 | |||
Abbreviations: MoCA-J, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Japanese version; MMSE-J, Mini-Mental State Examination Japanese version; WAB, Western Aphasia Battery; TLPA, Test of Lexical Processing in Aphasia.
a
Posttreatment examinations were performed after 2 months of medical treatment with donepezil.
b
Normal scores show the average ± 1 standard deviation of normal controls.