Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Table 2 Efficacy of USMART vs usual care

From: Efficacy of the Ubiquitous Spaced Retrieval-based Memory Advancement and Rehabilitation Training (USMART) program among patients with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled crossover trial

	USMART (n = 43)			Usual care (n = 42)			Statistics^a
Outcome measure	Prior	after	Change	Prior	After	Change	p value	Cohen's d (95% CI)
WLMT	16.91 ± 4.49	18.81 ± 5.12	1.91 ± 2.68	17.79 ± 4.48	19.12 ± 4.49	1.33 ± 3.21	0.351	0.20 (−0.60–1.17)
WLRT	4.63 ± 2.31	5.74 ± 2.26	1.12 ± 1.56	5.14 ± 2.35	5.50 ± 2.19	0.36 ± 1.56	0.031	0.49 (0.03–0.96)
WLRcT	8.56 ± 1.82	8.95 ± 1.38	0.40 ± 1.40	8.62 ± 1.83	8.52 ± 1.93	−0.10 ± 1.45	0.229	0.36 (−0.06–0.79)
SMCQ	6.07 ± 3.13	5.81 ± 3.34	−0.26 ± 2.04	5.90 ± 3.32	5.62 ± 3.34	−0.29 ± 2.09	0.705	0.01 (−0.60–0.65)
GDS	9.23 ± 6.80	8.49 ± 6.85	−0.74 ± 4.25	8.60 ± 6.80	8.17 ± 6.8	−0.43 ± 4.04	0.799	−0.08 (−1.35–1.15)
MMSE	25.49 ± 3.40	26.37 ± 2.99	0.88 ± 2.89	25.83 ± 2.92	25.76 ± 3.28	−0.07 ± 2.31	0.118	0.37 (−0.50–1.07)

Data shown as mean ± standard deviation
CI confidence interval, GDS Geriatric Depression Scale, MMSE Mini Mental State Examination, n number of subjects, SMCQ Subjective Memory Complaint Questionnaire, USMART Ubiquitous Spaced Retrieval-based Memory Advancement and Rehabilitation Training, WLMT Word List Memory Test, WLRcT Word List Recognition Test, WLRT Word List Recall Test
^aBy linear mixed model adjusted for age, gender, education, and current cognitive-enhancer use

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