Table 3 Comparison of word retrieval ability and old age communication ability scale according to pre-post test.
Intervention group (N = 50) | Control group (N = 49) | Effect comparison | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post | Pre | Post | F | |||
Confrontation naming task | S-K-BNT, number of correct responses (max = 15) | 11.26 (1.96) | 11.90 (1.72) | 11.87 (1.83) | 11.83 (1.82) | Between groups | 0.643 |
Test period | 5.086** | ||||||
Group x test period | 6.567* | ||||||
DNT, number of correct responses(max = 30) | 19.00 (5.00) | 20.42 (4.66) | 19.97 (5.53) | 20.83 (5.33) | Between groups | 0.478 | |
Test period | 26.251*** | ||||||
Group x test period | 1.604 | ||||||
S-K-BNT, reaction time | 2.13823 (0.60) | 1.95265 (0.67) | 2.16260 (0.81) | 1.85175 (0.75) | Between groups | 0.104 | |
Test period | 9.161** | ||||||
Group x test period | 0.583 | ||||||
DNT reaction time | 3.36509 (1.14) | 2.70206 (0.61) | 3.19676 (1.15) | 2.49330 (0.79) | Between groups | 1.371 | |
Test period | 9.161** | ||||||
Group x test period | 0.037 | ||||||
Generative naming task | Semantic fluency | 28.32 (9.72) | 32.00 (9.20) | 33.22 (9.68) | 21.95 (10.04) | Between groups | 1.729 |
Test period | 4.10* | ||||||
Group x test period | 17.214*** | ||||||
Phonemic fluency | 30.62 (13.43) | 41.62 (12.57) | 32.40 (14.72) | 30.91 (12.75) | Between groups | 3.124 | |
Test period | 25.369*** | ||||||
Group x test period | 43.755*** | ||||||
Fill-in-the-blank task | Probe test | 10.04 (3.97) | 12.92 (3.46) | 10.57 (4.33) | 11.38 (3.86) | Between groups | 0.463 |
Test period | 42.340*** | ||||||
Group x test period | 13.198*** | ||||||
Geriatric index of communicative ability (max = 60) | 41.16 (7.37) | 40.50 (7.65) | 42.28 (8.20) | 43.04 (7.59) | Between groups | 1.586 | |
Test period | 0.008 | ||||||
Group x test period | 1.771 | ||||||
