Is game-based therapy effective for treating cognitive deficits in adults with schizophrenia? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Demographic and clinical information of SZ patients and HC.

	GT (n = 40)	TAU (n = 40)	HC (n = 32)	p Value
Age, mean (SD), yr	49.6 (9.5)	49.7 (9.6)	45.8 (11.9)	0.20
Sex, males/females	17/23	21/19	7/25	0.029*
Education, mean (SD), yr	12.6 (2.6)	13 (3.5)	11.9 (4.0)	0.38
age of onset (SD), yr	24.9 (8.3)	25.0 (8.4)	/	0.86
Antipsychotic dose^a	486.5 (248.7)	487.1 (254.3)	/	0.62

One-way ANOVA and Chi-square analyses were applied to test for group differences, statistical significance level was set at p < 0.05 (two-tailed). Significant p values were in bold.
GT game training, TAU treatment as Usual, HC healthy controls.
*The p value was obtained using Chi-square test with multiple comparison.
^aCalculated as chlorpromazine equivalents.