Table 3 Pre-post-follow up values for both groups and differences between the groups at post test and follow-up test, controlled for pre test

SMMSE^a

8.7 (6.5)

9.1 (7.3)

9.0 (7.1)

8.37 (6.5)

7.9 (6.2)

8.9 (5.6)

64

.51

.01

54

.85

.00

8WT total^a

8.6 (8.0)

9.0 (7.3)

9.7 (6.2)

8.0 (6.6)

9.3 (7.6)

9.7 (6.7)

37

.53

.01

32

.87

.00

8WT recall^a

0.0 (0.2)

0.3 (1.1)

0.2 (0.8)

0.2 (0.6)

0.2 (0.9)

0.0 (0.0)

37

.55

.01

31

.33

.04

8WT recognition^a

4.6 (2.7)

5.0 (2.7)

4.7 (2.9)

4.3 (2.6)

4.4 (2.9)

3.8 (2.8)

37

.67

.01

30

.59

.01

RBMT pictures^a

11.2 (4.6)

13.2 (3.7)

12.4 (4.5)

12.8 (3.4)

11.3 (4.1)

11.1 (4.3)

45

.003

.19

36

.06

.10

RBMT faces^a

5.7 (1.6)

6.2 (1.7)

6.0 (1.3)

6.5 (2.0)

5.8 (1.7)

5.4 (1.7)

42

.09

.07

30

.12

.09

Fluency^a

7.7 (6.1)

7.5 (7.4)

7.0 (7.3)

6.4 (5.0)

7.2 (7.4)

8.2 (6.7)

50

.84

.00

40

.64

.01

BNT^a

3.8 (4.0)

3.7 (4.5)

4.1 (4.5)

3.8 (4.5)

4.1 (6.1)

3.6 (5.4)

60

.61

.01

49

.49

.01

Praxis total^a

56.7 (24.7)

52.0 (31.0)

59.1 (30.6)

60.0 (23.7)

51.0 (33.5)

60.3 (23.5)

43

.74

.00

33

.64

.01

TMT A^a

16.5 (10.6)

15.8 (11.3)

13.7 (11.5)

13.3 (10.5)

12.7 (10.4)

15.6 (11.1)

31

.54

.02

25

.73

.00

TMT B^a

4.5 (7.9)

3.9 (9.0)

4.5 (10.1)

0.5 (1.1)

1.7 (1.6)

1.5 (2.4)

12

.30

.12

10

.39

.11

Clox 1^a

3.2 (4.3)

3.1 (3.8)

4.6 (4.7)

2.3 (3.3)

1.6 (2.0)

2.9 (2.6)

34

.34

.03

25

.52

.02

Clox 2^a

4.5 (4.7)

4.6 (5.1)

6.7 (5.5)

5.4 (3.8)

5.8 (4.2)

7.1 (4.3)

32

.80

.00

25

.65

.01

GIT2 figure recogn.^a

1.6 (2.3)

2.2 (2.7)

2.2 (3.0)

2.1 (4.2)

1.3 (1.6)

1.3 (1.1)

43

.17

.05

33

.06

.11

GDS15^b

1.3 (1.2)

1.2 (1.0)

0.8 (0.7)

1.0 (0.8)

0.9 (0.9)

0.8 (0.7)

50

.62

.01

38

.88

.00

Incoherent behaviour^b

9.1 (3.2)

8.8 (2.9)

8.3 (2.9)

8.8 (3.5)

9.0 (3.8)

9.1 (3.5)

90

.78

.00

89

.07

.04

Memory disturbance^b

18.6 (4.3)

18.8 (4.4)

17.8 (4.8)

17.3 (4.9)

18.9 (4.8)

17.6 (4.6)

90

.22

.02

88

.65

.00

Disorientation^b

9.0 (2.4)

9.4 (2.6)

9.1 (2.6)

9.3 (3.0)

10.9 (3.3)

9.5 (3.2)

90

.07

.04

88

.74

.00

IQCODE-N

−40.4 ((14.7)

5.5 (17.3)

4.3 (20.7)

−43.5 (9.3)

−5.4 (26.0)

−6.5 (25.1)

77

.03

.07

63

.06

.06