|
Variable
|
Intervention (n = 23)
|
Control (n = 22)
|
P
|
F
|
η2p
|
|---|
| |
Pre test (mean ± SD)
|
Post test (mean ± SD)
|
Pre test (mean ± SD)
|
Post test (mean ± SD)
| | | |
|---|
|
SPPB
|
5.5 ± 1.9
|
8.5 ± 2.5
|
5.2 ± 2.9
|
3.8 ± 2.5
|
< 0.001*
|
72.1
|
0.64
|
|
Gait speed (m/s)
|
0.6 ± 0.2
|
0.8 ± 0.3
|
0.6 ± 0.2
|
0.5 ± 0.2
|
< 0.001*
|
29.3
|
0.41
|
|
SRTT (ms)
|
2827.1 ± 1884.1
|
1426.6 ± 333.1
|
4551.1 ± 4243.6
|
5292.9 ± 4893.4
|
< 0.001*
|
38.8
|
0.51
|
|
MoCA
|
9.4 ± 4.1
|
12.1 ± 5.2
|
8.5 ± 5.2
|
5.7 ± 4.0
|
< 0.001*
|
24.4
|
0.38
|
|
NPI
|
11.4 ± 12.8
|
6.6 ± 11.4
|
8.4 ± 7.4
|
16.1 ± 15.1
|
0.165
|
2.0
|
0.05
|
|
CSDD
|
7.0 ± 6.4
|
3.0 ± 4.4
|
5.3 ± 4.5
|
9.3 ± 6.7
|
< 0.001*
|
28.8
|
0.43
|
|
DQoL
|
2.7 ± 0.7
|
3.5 ± 0.9
|
3.0 ± 0.9
|
3.0 ± 0.9
|
0.012
|
6.9
|
0.16
|
|
ADL
|
9.0 ± 2.1
|
9.0 ± 2.3
|
10.1 ± 2.8
|
11.4 ± 3.4
|
0.008
|
7.7
|
0.16
|
- *Significant when P < 0.00625 (0.05/8 comparisons) using Quade’s non-parametric analyses of covariance with post test scores as dependent variables, groups as independent variables, and baseline scores as covariates. ADL, activities of daily living (range = 6 to 24 with higher scores indicating higher dependency in activities of daily living); CSDD, Cornell scale for depression in dementia (range = 0 to 38, and a score below 6 is associated with absence of depressive symptoms, and scores above 10 indicate probable major depression); DQoL, Dementia Quality of Life (scores range from 1 (poor QoL) to 5 (excellent QoL)); MoCA, Montréal Cognitive Assessment (total scores range from 0 to 30 with lower scores indicating more cognitive impairment); NPI, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (12-item score with a range of 0 to 12 per item); SPPB, Short Physical Performance Battery (total scores range from 0 to 12 with lower scores indicating a higher risk and a score lower than 10 indicates one or more mobility limitations); SRTT, step reaction time test (lower values indicate a faster reaction time)
