Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2021 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Effectiveness and Safety of the Korean Medicine Senior Health Promotion Program Using Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture for Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Retrospective Study of 500 Patients in Seoul, Korea Table 3 Changes in the cognitive screening test and geriatric depression scale scores.
Overall (n = 500) Herbal decoction + acupuncture (n = 368) Herbal extract + acupuncture (n = 66) Only acupuncture (n = 66) Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post MoCA-K M ± SD (n ) 17.23 ± 4.13 (500) 20.00 ± 5.14 (500) <0.0001 17.49 ± 3.86 (368) 20.14 ± 4.99 (368) <0.0001 15.79 ± 4.97 (66) 19.30 ± 5.57 (66) <0.0001 17.26 ± 4.42 (66) 19.97 ± 5.52 (66) <0.0001 Nondepressed (GDSSF-K < 5) 16.81 ± 4.22 (136) 18.39 ± 5.61 (136) <0.0001 16.83 ± 4.08 (84) 17.49 ± 5.58 (84) 0.3147 15.12 ± 5.09 (17) 19.47 ± 6.26 (17) 0.0017 17.57 ± 3.98 (35) 20.03 ± 5.04 (35) <0.0001 Depressed (GDSSF-K ≥ 5) 17.39 ± 4.09 (364) 20.61 ± 4.82 (364) <0.0001 17.68 ± 3.78 (284) 20.92 ± 4.52 (284) <0.0001 16.26 ± 4.96 (49) 19.24 ± 5.39 (49) <0.0001 16.90 ± 4.91 (31) 19.90 ± 6.10 (31) <0.0001 MMSE-DS M ± SD (n ) 23.25 ± 3.86 (500) 25.44 ± 3.52 (500) <0.0001 23.44 ± 3.73 (368) 25.44 ± 3.50 (368) <0.0001 22.73 ± 4.41 (66) 25.30 ± 4.06 (66) <0.0001 22.71 ± 3.96 (66) 25.61 ± 3.10 (66) <0.0001 Nondepressed (GDSSF-K < 5) 23.38 ± 4.28 (136) 24.71 ± 3.78 (136) <0.0001 23.71 ± 4.42 (84) 24.11 ± 4.09 (84) 0.4209 24.00 ± 4.15 (17) 25.88 ± 3.35 (17) 0.0326 22.26 ± 3.90 (35) 25.57 ± 2.85 (35) <0.0001 Depressed (GDSSF-K ≥ 5) 23.21 ± 3.70 (364) 25.72 ± 3.39 (364) <0.0001 23.36 ± 3.51 (284) 25.83 ± 3.21 (284) <0.0001 22.29 ± 4.45 (49) 25.10 ± 4.29 (49) <0.0001 23.23 ± 4.04 (31) 25.65 ± 3.41 (31) <0.0001 GDSSF-K M ± SD (n ) 7.39 ± 4.20 (500) 5.66 ± 4.14 (500) <0.0001 7.71 ± 4.15 (368) 5.70 ± 4.09 (368) <0.0001 7.77 ± 4.20 (66) 6.44 ± 4.64 (66) 0.0024 5.23 ± 3.87 (66) 4.62 ± 3.76 (66) 0.0661 Nondepressed (GDSSF-K < 5) 2.14 ± 1.29 (136) 2.14 ± 1.99 (136) 0.4311 2.08 ± 1.32 (84) 2.04 ± 1.88 (84) 0.1474 2.12 ± 1.17 (17) 1.94 ± 2.49 (17) 0.6161 2.29 ± 1.30 (35) 2.49 ± 1.99 (35) 0.5800 Depressed (GDSSF-K ≥ 5) 9.35 ± 3.07 (364) 6.97 ± 3.97 (364) <0.0001 9.37 ± 3.10 (284) 6.79 ± 3.94 (284) <0.0001 9.73 ± 2.86 (49) 8.00 ± 4.18 (49) 0.0017 8.55 ± 8.55 (31) 7.03 ± 3.84 (31) 0.0071