Study | Sample | Age (M ± SD) | Analysis | Cognitive functions | Results | NOS |
Beer et al,25 2009 |
|
| MW rank test, Student t test |
|
| 7 |
Grubb et al,26 2000 |
|
| ANCOVA |
|
| 7 |
Hoth et al,27 2008 |
|
| MANCOVA |
|
| 6 |
Sauvé et al,28 2009 |
|
|
|
|
| 5 |
Schmidt et al,29 1991 |
|
|
|
|
| 8 |
↵* Executive function test measuring cognitive flexibility.
ANOVA, analysis of variance; ANCOVA, analysis of covariance; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HF, heart failure; IDC, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MANCOVA, multivariate analysis of covariance; MI, myocardial infarction; MW, Mann–Whitney; NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment Scale rating; pts, patients.