Intervention Group (n = 15) | Control Group (n = 15) | |||||||||||||||
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Base Line | Eight weeks | Base Line | Eight weeks | Intergroup | Intragroup | Interaction | ||||||||||
M | SD | M | SD | d | M | SD | M | SD | d | F | p | F | p | F | p | |
TMT | ||||||||||||||||
Part A | 74.60 | 32.29 | 54.07 | 23.22 | 1.17 | 82.33 | 33.38 | 66.20 | 23.57 | .48 | 1.17 | .288 | 13.93 | .001 | 0.20 | .658 |
Part B | 142.07 | 64.44 | 83.27 | 23.66 | 1.30 | 152.33 | 58.46 | 112.27 | 37.34 | .68 | 1.71 | .202 | 26.54 | <.001 | 0.95 | .337 |
Part A (SS) | 6.33 | 2.72 | 7.93 | 2.37 | .81 | 7.67 | 2.77 | 9.33 | 2.66 | .55 | 2.63 | .116 | 12.38 | .001 | 0.01 | .943 |
Part B (SS) | 8.07 | 2.43 | 10.47 | 2.62 | 1.65 | 9.60 | 2.32 | 11.27 | 1.67 | .65 | 2.47 | .127 | 28.25 | <.001 | 0.92 | .346 |
Digit Span Task (DST) WAIS-III | ||||||||||||||||
DST Forward | 8.00 | 2.56 | 9.00 | 2.90 | .49 | 8.13 | 1.46 | 8.40 | 1.30 | .24 | 0.10 | .753 | 4.50 | .043 | 1.51 | .230 |
DST Backward | 5.73 | 1.10 | 6.00 | 1.85 | .16 | 6.60 | 1.92 | 7.13 | 1.99 | .25 | 3.42 | .075 | 1.36 | .253 | 0.15 | .700 |
Total DST | 18.93 | 4.53 | 20.60 | 5.41 | .56 | 19.67 | 4.25 | 21.93 | 5.27 | .56 | 0.38 | .540 | 9.28 | .005 | 0.22 | .646 |
DST Forward (SS) | 8.80 | 3.21 | 10.40 | 3.42 | .50 | 10.87 | 2.70 | 11.40 | 2.56 | .21 | 2.32 | .139 | 6.32 | .018 | 1.58 | .219 |
DST Backward (SS) | 7.73 | 1.94 | 8.13 | 3.18 | .16 | 11.27 | 3.15 | 11.80 | 2.54 | .19 | 17.60 | <.001 | 0.80 | .379 | 0.02 | .899 |
Total DST (SS) | 7.53 | 2.56 | 8.40 | 3.14 | .43 | 10.60 | 2.77 | 11.67 | 3.50 | .44 | 9.60 | .004 | 5.66 | .024 | 0.06 | .807 |