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Table 14 Results of reading part of BDAE: basic oral reading, oral reading of sentence with comprehension, and reading comprehension items

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

  

Group I (n=20)

Group II (n=19)

p

Basic oral reading

Pre-therapy

 Min.–Max.

0.0–30.0

0.0–20.0

0.184

 Mean ± SD.

6.15 ± 8.45

3.95 ± 5.53

Post-therapy

 Min.–Max.

4.0–30.0

3.0–26.0

0.380

 Mean ± SD.

16.45 ± 7.41

14.16 ± 7.08

The mean difference

 Mean ± SD.

10.30 ± 5.32

10.21± 6.24

0.945

p1

<0.001*

<0.001*

 

Oral reading of sentences with comprehension

Pre-therapy

 Min.–Max.

0.0–13.0

0.0–11.0

0.044*

 Mean ± SD.

4.85 ± 2.87

3.21 ± 2.76

Post-therapy

 Min.–Max.

5.0–15.0

4.0–12.0

0.061

 Mean ± SD.

9.45 ± 2.86

7.74 ± 2.49

The mean difference

 Mean ± SD.

4.60 ± 1.73

4.53± 2.04

0.967

p1

<0.001*

<0.001*

 

Reading comprehension

Pre-therapy

 Min.–Max.

0.0–8.0

0.0–8.0

0.120

 Mean ± SD.

4.50 ± 2.86

3.05 ± 3.01

Post-therapy

 Min.–Max.

3.0–10.0

3.0–9.0

0.095

 Mean ± SD.

7.15 ± 2.01

6.05 ± 1.65

The mean difference

 Mean ± SD.

2.65 ± 1.35

3.0 ± 1.70

0.428

P2

<0.001*

<0.001*

 
  1. Group I received computer-based software therapy, group II received the conventional therapy
  2. 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