Table 3.

Comparison between groups.

T	DV	DAT	n		σ	95%	CI	t	p
				$\overline{\mathit{X}}$		Lower	Upper
T0	CDSS	Experimental	171	8.14	6.92	−1.48	1.49	0.07	0.995
		Control	163	8.14	6.91
	NPI	Experimental	171	10.67	19.15	−4.91	3.62	−0.29	0.766
		Control	163	11.32	20.49
	MMSE	Experimental	171	13.54	7.05	−1	2.01	0.66	0.51
		Control	163	13.04	6.98
	Barthel	Experimental	171	51.46	31.32	−2.78	10.71	1.15	0.249
		Control	163	47.49	31.36
T1	CDSS	Experimental	171	5.38	5.97	−4.91	−2.09	−4.89	0
		Control	163	8.88	7.09
	NPI	Experimental	171	6.29	15.83	−9.73	−1.72	−2.81	0.005
		Control	163	12.03	21.09
	MMSE	Experimental	171	13.18	7.86	−0.67	2.58	1.15	0.25
		Control	163	12.23	7.23
	Barthel	Experimental	171	48.27	31.32	−3.24	10.4	1.03	0.303
		Control	163	44.69	32.1
T2	CDSS	Experimental	171	4.34	5.36	−6.39	−3.61	−7.09	0
		Control	163	9.34	7.41
	NPI	Experimental	171	5.3	14.84	−11.71	−3.6	−3.72	0
		Control	163	12.96	22.21
	MMSE	Experimental	171	13.03	7.78	−0.51	2.71	1.34	0.18
		Control	163	11.93	7.19
	Barthel	Experimental	171	47.64	31.75	−2.96	10.78	1.12	0.264
		Control	163	43.73	32.11

T: time; CSDD: Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia; NPI: Neuropsychiatric Inventory; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Exam; DV: dependent variable; DAT: dog-assisted therapy; n: sample size; T0: initial evaluation; T1: intermediate evaluation; T2: final evaluation; $\overline{X}$: arithmetic mean σ: standard deviation; %: percentage; CI; confidence interval; t: test statistic; p: significance.