The Efficacy of Cognitive Training for Elderly Chinese Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Table 4

MoCA scores of the intervention and control groups.

Cognitive function	MoCA score (mean ± SD)
	Baseline (before the intervention)	Medium-term (follow-up at 3 months)	Final-term (follow-up at 6 months)
Intervention group
Total MoCA score	19.77 ± 2.24	20.64 ± 2.49	21.09 ± 2.20
Visuospatial/executive function	2.61 ± 1.13	2.71 ± 0.97	2.72 ± 0.81
Naming	2.26 ± 0.74	2.29 ± 0.70	2.33 ± 0.55
Attention	4.49 ± 1.11	4.78 ± 1.04	4.96 ± 0.82
Digit span (forward/backward)	1.73 ± 0.51	1.76 ± 0.43	1.70 ± 0.46
Vigilance (tapping)	0.39 ± 0.49	0.58 ± 0.50	0.70 ± 0.46
Serial 7 subtraction	2.37 ± 0.71	2.44 ± 0.73	2.56 ± 0.60
Language	1.50 ± 0.81	1.53 ± 0.75	1.56 ± 0.63
Sentence repetition	0.97 ± 0.66	0.73 ± 0.67	0.72 ± 0.60
Verbal fluency	0.53 ± 0.50	0.80 ± 0.41	0.83 ± 0.38
Abstraction	1.10 ± 0.73	1.14 ± 0.63	1.15 ± 0.60
Delayed recall	1.33 ± 1.06	1.64 ± 0.87	1.69 ± 0.70
Orientation	5.53 ± 0.76	5.64 ± 0.58	5.74 ± 0.44
Control group
Total MoCA score	20.41 ± 2.10	19.40 ± 2.57	19.17 ± 2.57
Visuospatial/executive function	2.83 ± 0.87	2.68 ± 0.78	2.64 ± 0.74
Naming	2.19 ± 0.77	2.21 ± 0.68	2.22 ± 0.67
Attention	4.61 ± 0.92	4.49 ± 1.16	4.34 ± 1.14
Digit span (forward/backward)	1.83 ± 0.38	1.65 ± 0.48	1.59 ± 0.50
Vigilance (tapping)	0.37 ± 0.49	0.48 ± 0.50	0.42 ± 0.50
Serial 7 subtraction	2.41 ± 0.67	2.37 ± 0.75	2.32 ± 0.71
Language	1.59 ± 0.81	1.32 ± 0.78	1.22 ± 0.72
Sentence repetition	1.06 ± 0.68	0.68 ± 0.59	0.59 ± 0.59
Verbal fluency	0.53 ± 0.50	0.63 ± 0.49	0.63 ± 0.49
Abstraction	1.11 ± 0.83	0.95 ± 0.63	0.95 ± 0.63
Delayed recall	1.46 ± 0.93	1.33 ± 1.00	1.31 ± 0.81
Orientation	5.71 ± 0.64	5.51 ± 0.78	5.59 ± 0.62