Table 2 Cognitive subscale scores of mild Alzheimer’s patients at baseline (T0), after-treatment (T1), and 10-week follow-up (T2).

MMSE^†

Orientation

T0

6.22 (1.77)

5.44 (2.48)

T1

6.50 (1.51)

4.57 (2.06)

T2

7.00 (1.79)

5.60 (2.30)

Registration of three words

T0

2.50 (1.04)

2.50 (0.86)

T1

2.81 (0.54)

2.71 (0.61)

T2

2.83 (0.41)

3.00 (0.00)

Attention and Calculation

T0

3.56 (1.54)

2.05 (1.30)

T1

3.63 (1.86)

2.43 (1.40)

T2

4.50 (0.84)

2.80 (2.17)

Recall of three words

T0

0.94 (1.06)

0.55 (0.92)

T1

1.44 (1.36) *

0.43 (0.76)

T2

0.83 (1.17)

0.20 (0.45)

Language

T0

6.28 (1.56)

5.94 (1.86)

T1

6.44 (1.31)

6.36 (1.50)

T2

6.17 (1.83)

5.20 (2.28)

Visual Construction

T0

0.33 (0.49)

0.39 (0.50)

T1

0.31 (0.48)

0.56 (0.50)

T2

0.33 (0.52)

0.20 (0.45)

PVLT^‡

Short delay free recall

T0

0.65 (1.17)

0.82 (1.33)

T1

2.20 (2.18) **

1.14 (2.07)

T2

0.00 (0.00)

1.20 (1.79)

Short delay cued recall

T0

2.00 (1.54)

1.59 (1.37)

T1

2.27 (2.19)

1.71 (1.44)

T2

1.33 (1.21)

3.00 (2.00)

Long delay free recall

T0

0.65 (1.37)

0.47 (0.80)

T1

0.53 (1.36)

1.00 (1.75)

T2

0.33 (1.21)

0.60 (1.34)

Long delay cued recall

T0

0.94 (1.43)

0.76 (1.03)

T1

1.53 (1.85)

1.14 (1.41)

T2

2.67 (1.37)

1.00 (1.00)

Distractor trial

T0

2.17 (1.29)

1.59 (1.06)

T1

2.07 (1.10)

1.57 (1.28)

T2

2.67 (1.37) *

2.60 (1.34)

Intrusions

T0

9.07 (9.28)

5.82 (5.89)

T1

9.33 (8.23)

8.29 (6.88)

T2

7.33 (7.39)

11.00 (8.92)