The Effectiveness and Applicability of Compensatory Cognitive Training for Japanese Patients with Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study

Table 4

Effect sizes for group differences in change scores.

	Postintervention	Follow-up
	T2-T1	T3–T1
Neuropsychological scores
Verbal memory
JVLT recall total	0.95	0.55
RBMT immediate recall	1.00	0.50
JVLT delayed recall	0.69	0.75
RBMT delayed recall	0.88	0.85
Processing speed
Digit symbols raw score	0.97	1.29
TMT-A time	1.22	0.19
Executive functioning
WCST completed categories	0.58	0.71
TMT-B time	0.33	−0.01
Functional outcomes
Social functioning (SFS-J)	0.47	0.11
(SFS-J for family)	1.56	0.49
Clinical symptoms
SAPS positive symptoms	0.52	0.48
SANS negative symptoms	0.02	0.08

T1 = baseline evaluation time, T2 = postintervention evaluation time, T3 = follow-up evaluation time, JVLT = Japanese Verbal Learning Test, RBMT = Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test, TMT-A = Trail Making Test-A, WCST = Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, TMT-B = Trail Making Test-B, SFS-J = Social Functioning Scale, Japanese version, SAPS = Scale for Positive Symptoms, and SANS = Scale for Negative Symptoms.