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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of key CANTAB measures and between-group analysis

From: Computer-based multiple component cognitive training in children with ADHD: a pilot study

Measures of CANTAB

AET

GET

p-value

Effect size

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Cohen’s d (95% CI)

SWM

 Between errors

− 7.1 (9.82)

− 5.5 (7.53)

0.43

− 0.18 (−0.63,0.27)

 Strategy

− 0.71 (2.48)

− 0.6 (2.60)

0.83

− 0.05 (−0.5,0.4)

SST

 Reaction time

− 73.9 (111.81)

− 80.4 (108.21)

0.82

0.06 (−0.39,0.51)

RVP

 A’

0.08 (0.08)

0.07 (0.08)

0.67

0.10 (−0.35,0.54)

 Response latency

13.7 (252.52)

− 26.9 (212.10)

0.44

0.17 (−0.27,0.62)

RTI

 Five-choice reaction time

− 46.8 (72.81)

− 18.71 (68.04)

0.06

− 0.40 (−0.85,0.06)

 Simple reaction time

− 52.8 (84.43)

− 38.9 (117.75)

0.20

− 0.14 (−0.59,0.32)

PAL

 Total errors

− 10.5 (14.77)

− 9.63 (11.66)

0.89

− 0.06 (−0.51,0.39)

MTT

 Incongruence cost

0.21 (68.73)

20.0 (89.06)

0.28

− 0.25 (−0.71,0.21)

 Multitasking cost

60.7 (239.84)

40.2 (200.39)

0.83

0.09 (−0.36,0.55)

  1. p values are from a t-test (between-subjects, 2-tailed) comparing the AET group to the GET group
  2. SD standard deviation, AET  ADHD executive training, GET general executive training, SWM spatial working memory task, SST stop signal task, RVP rapid visual information processing task, RTI reaction time task, PAL paired associated learning task, MTT multitasking test task