Table 2.

Within group findings in rTMS group

rTMS group	(n = 10)	Pre treatment	Post treatment	Mean difference	Confidence of interval (lower to upper)	F	Effect size (Cohen’s d)	p value
		Avg ± SD	Avg ± SD
Attention	Digit span forward	4.00 ± 1.94	3.80 ± 1.93	0.200	− 0.908 to 1.308	0.167	0.018	0.693
	Digit span backward	2.50 ± 1.64	2.30 ± 1.25	0.200	− 0.252 to 0.652	1.000	0.100	0.343
Executive functions	Stroop	29.35 ± 18.31	25.83 ± 19.82	3.526	− 4.890 to 11.942	0.898	0.091	0.368
	VF-fruit name pairs	4.49 ± 2.62	3.70 ± 2.58	0.796	− 0.555 to 2.147	1.777	0.165	0.215
	Categorical fluency	9.70 ± 3.46	9.80 ± 3.91	− 0.100	− 1.834 to 1.634	0.017	0.002	0.899
	Phonemic fluency	12.87 ± 5.50	10.49 ± 5.58	2.379	− 0.927 to 5.685	2.651	0.228	0.138
	CDT	1.10 ± 0.87	2.47 ± 1.59	− 1.370	− 2.274 to  − 0.466	11.750	0.566	0.008*
Memory	Visual immediate recall	1.92 ± 1.36	1.30 ± 0.83	0.620	− 0.286 to 1.526	2.398	0.210	0.156
	Visual delayed recall	0.76 ± 0.78	0.50 ± 0.97	0.260	− 0.494 to 1.014	0.608	0.063	0.456
	Visual recognition	0.50 ± 0.47	0.79 ± 1.22	− 2.292	− 1.069 to 0.485	0.724	0.074	0.417
	VMPT total	47.00 ± 20.3	45.10 ± 14.54	1.900	− 5.391 to 9.191	0.348	0.037	0.570
	VMPT immediate recall	2.50 ± 1.58	2.90 ± 1.44	− 0.400	− 1.477 to 0.677	0.760	0.073	0.423
	VMPT delayed recall	1.00 ± 2.49	0.70 ± 1.88	0.300	− 2.086 to 2.686	0.081	0.009	0.782
	VMPT recognition	5.00 ± 3.91	6.40 ± 3.83	− 1.400	− 3.667 to 0.867	1.951	0.178	0.196
Language	BNT	17.78 ± 5.15	18.64 ± 6.09	− 0.865	− 3.237 to 1.506	0.681	0.070	0.430
Visual spatial functions	BFRT	40.11 ± 4.66	40.47 ± 2.89	− 0.360	− 2.455 to 1.746	0.150	0.016	0.708
General cognition	MMSE	17.50 ± 4.50	19.5 ± 5.70	− 2.000	− 4.361 to 0.361	3.673	0.290	0.088
Behavior	NPI	41.00 ± 21.60	21.90 ± 13.60	19.100	8.747 to 29.453	17.419	0.659	0.002*
	FBI	18.20 ± 11.82	7.80 ± 3.76	10.400	2.284 to 18.516	8.403	0.483	0.018*
Balance	BBT	45.40 ± 9.55	46.90 ± 7.93	− 1.500	− 3.842 to 0.842	2.098	0.189	0.181
Mobility	TUG	27.10 ± 11.99	24.80 ± 9.50	2.300	− 2.458 to 7.058	1.196	0.117	0.303
Quality of life	QoL-AD	31.90 ± 8.25	34.90 ± 8.03	− 3.000	− 5.698 to  − 0.302	6.328	0.413	0.033*

Avg average, SD standard deviation, rTMS repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, VF verbal fluency, CDT clock drawing test, VMPT verbal memory process test, BNT Boston nemini test, BFRT beton facialar recognition test, MMSE mini-mental state examination, NPI neuropsychiatric inventory, FBI frontal behavioral inventory, BBT berg balance test, TUG timed-up and go test, QoL-AD quality of life-Alzheimer’s disease. *p < 0.05