Beneficial Effect of Multidomain Cognitive Training on the Neuropsychological Performance of Patients with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 2

Neuropsychological test scores of the training and control groups at baseline.

	Training group ()	Control group ()	value
Recall, mean (SD)	17.44 (±3.11)	16.60 (±3.26)	0.356^a
Delayed memory, mean (SD)	0.16 (±0.37)	0.40 (±0.50)	0.061^b
Word recognition, mean (SD)	18.08 (±0.26)	18.40 (±0.25)	0.414^b
BNT, mean (SD)	11.84 (±1.57)	11.64 (±1.52)	0.572^b
SF, mean (SD)	22.12 (±6.51)	23.36 (±7.44)	0.534^a
CDT, mean (SD)	8.96 (±2.23)	9.72 (±1.93)	0.401^b
DSF, mean (SD)	5.48 (±0.71)	5.04 (±0.94)	0.085^b
DSΒ, mean (SD)	3.68 (±0.75)	3.36 (±0.81)	0.098^b
TMT A, mean (SD)	177.24 (±45.88)	177.56 (±56.02)	0.982^a
TMT B, mean (SD)	300.00 (±0.00)	297.84 (±10.80)	0.317^b

BNT: Boston Naming Test; SF: semantic fluency; CDT: clock-drawing test; DSF: digit span forward; DSΒ: digit span backward; TMT A: trail-making test A; TMT B: trail-making test B; ^aANOVA; ^bMann–Whitney U test.