From: Influence of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on a sample of Egyptian children with Down syndrome
Variables | All cases (N = 135) | Group I (Training) (N = 33) | Group II (No training) (N = 102) | P value |
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Cognitive abilities score | ||||
Baseline | 60.3 ± 15.0 | 52.2 ± 13.9 | 63.0 ± 14.4 | ^ < 0.001* |
After | 52.6 ± 14.8 | 46.3 ± 14.1 | 54.7 ± 14.5 | ^0.004* |
¤Change | − 7.7 ± 1.8 | − 5.9 ± 1.7 | − 8.3 ± 1.5 | ^ < 0.001* |
P value | ¤ < 0.001* | ¤ < 0.001* | ¤ < 0.001* | |
Language abilities score | ||||
Baseline | 48.9 ± 18.0 | 49.5 ± 16.8 | 48.7 ± 18.5 | ^0.828 |
After | 40.1 ± 18.2 | 46.0 ± 16.6 | 40.2 ± 18.3 | ^0.032* |
†Change | − 7.8 ± 2.2 | − 3.5 ± 1.8 | − 8.5 ± 1.7 | ^ < 0.001* |
P value | ¤ < 0.001* | ¤ < 0.001* | ¤ < 0.001* | |
Motor abilities score | ||||
Baseline | 78.1 ± 15.2 | 78.9 ± 14.0 | 77.9 ± 15.6 | ^0.722 |
After | 70.5 ± 15.2 | 73.7 ± 13.8 | 66.4 ± 15.6 | ^0.018* |
¤Change | − 7.6 ± 2.1 | − 5.2 ± 2.2 | − 11.4 ± 1.3 | ^ < 0.001* |
P value | ¤ < 0.001* | ¤ < 0.001* | ¤ < 0.001* |