Post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation using computer-based Arabic software program: a randomized controlled trial

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 11 Results of reading part of BDAE: basic symbol recognition

	Basic symbol recognition	Group I (n=20)	Group II (n=19)	P
Matching	Pre-therapy
	Min.–Max.	6.0–8.0	0.0–8.0	0.033^*
	Mean ± SD.	7.75 ± 0.55	6.37 ± 2.63	0.033^*
	Post-therapy
	Min.–Max.	6.0–8.0	3.0–8.0	0.550
	Mean ± SD.	7.90 ± 0.45	7.32 ± 1.63	0.550
	The mean difference Mean ± SD.	0.15 ± 0.37	0.95 ± 1.22	0.015*
	p₁	0.083	0.002^*
Number matching	Pre-therapy
	Min.–Max.	9.0–12.0	0.0–12.0	0.967
	Mean ± SD.	11.15 ± 0.99	10.11 ± 3.56	0.967
	Post-therapy
	Min.–Max.	10.0–12.0	5.0–12.0	0.792
	Mean ± SD.	11.70 ± 0.57	11.05 ± 2.27	0.792
	The mean difference Mean ± SD.	0.55 ± 0.60	0.95 ± 1.39	0.667
	p₁	0.002^*	0.004^*

Group I received computer-based software therapy, group II received the conventional therapy
P: p value for comparing between the two studied groups. p₁: p value for comparing between pre and post-therapy in each group. *P value is statistically significant when p value ≤ 0.05